Unfortunately, what they're doing is (well, at least technically) legal, so disbarment is not much of an option. :(

Not disbarred for this, disbarred for their previous shenanigans. .

What's the difference between clicking the URL or the buy button?

Couldn't quite make it all the way through to the end of the summary? I hear you bro.

It's a terrible idea.

No, it's a great idea! This way Google will better know what things you buy, which helps them to create a better web experience for you!

I here the contractor now....someone mush have put it back there.

I'm guessing that you: A) dictated this post, and B) have imbibed several alcoholic beverages.

My passwords are on a post-it note stuck to my monitor.

Me too. But I've instructed my secretary to generate a fake set of post-it notes if someone comes into the office pretending to be me.

Personally, when I gamble and end up about 3/4 of a million dollars in the hole, I assume that I lost.

Obviously you lost, but the question is why. Was your expectation negative or did you get unlucky?

Scotty will have the power back just in time.

But first he'll tell you it's impossible.

Your dream is to be under arrest?

The key to happiness is managing your expectations.

Those are not the secrets I would be interested in.

"Handshake" is a euphemism.

Nearly half the population is guilty of "exaggerating"

Pffft. More like 101%.

It was huge blocky moster of metal and wood

Some early remotes had several tuning forks inside. Pressing down a button would "flick" one of them. It sounds (heh) like that's what you were seeing. A side effect was that occasionally something else in the house would create vibrations on one of the frequencies, messing with the TV.

and the spying - the spying by EVERYONE really gets me down.

Spying is a top item and Apple does less of it. They have a simple model - give us a bunch of money and we'll give you this thing we made.