Scary
Mood:  cheeky
Topic: Daily Eruptions
When I was editing my Tripod website this morning, there was a banner ad across the top of the page offering me a free, online journal to track my moods to help treat my bipolar mania! Wow! All I can hope is that this was not one of the targeted ads that Tripod hosts--like, on this page, heart rate monitor ads appear because I have mentioned in my blog that I wear a heart rate monitor--because that would just be too scary. I have never taken medication to treat bipolor disorder, so why would they target me? And, if it's not a targeted ad, that's just as scary, because that means the drug company is just offering its services to anyone, regardless of medical history. It advertised a medication called Seroquel which is used in the treatment of bipolar mania and schizophrenia and the ad promises to help readers celebrate life and find balance. And the name--Seroquel: who wants to take anything with a derivative of the word "quell" (to put down by force; pacify) in it?

So here's a test: I've used the word "bipolar" and the drug name "Seroquel" in this post--how long will it take before the Seroquel ad shows up in the targeted banners that appear atop my (free) blog page??