Via BoingBoing, I found this very interesting article on silly - nay, extremely silly - website User Agreements. You may have seen these before; often there’s a link in a small font at the very bottom of the page you’re viewing which when clicked, tells you that you agree to let the website collect anonymous cookies, track your IP address, and other things to limit their legal liability should it ever become an issue. But as with all things in life, there are some who just have to take things to their extremes.

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Last Thanksgiving sort of surprised us. It’s not the kind of holiday that we find easy to keep track of, when living so far away from family and friends. This year would be different though. We noted the day’s approach nearly a week in advance, and discussed plans to attempt preparing and eating some semblance of an actual, bona-fide cooked meal. Turkey would perhaps be biting off more than we could chew (hah!), so we opted instead for a chicken. And being only the two of us, the number and quantity of vegetables would have to be limited - say potatoes, carrots, turnip and sweet-potatoes. Now we’re talking! It sounded delicious.

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