In a brief (three message) email exchange with a friend that contained the words “dinner” and “shame,” Gmail sponsored links presented me with these websites of possible interest:
10 Skinny Rules
I lost 9 lbs. in 11 days, just by following these 10 simple rules.
FatLoss4Idiots.comSpasso Italian Grill
Old City’s Best Kept Secret Is Out! Affordable Italian Restaurant
http://www.SpassoItalianGrill.com
Kobe Japanese House
Great restaurants in Hickory Come in for a memorable meal
HickorysKobeJapanese.com
Dinner For TwoDinner For Two Online.
Shop Target.com.
http://www.Target.comCraving Pancakes?
Shave off fat and calories with these delicious food substitutions!
health.glam.com/savvy_food_swaps
Here’s a summary:
1. If you haven’t lost weight, you are an IDIOT because it is easy.
2. DELICIOUS FOOD!
3. EAT THINGS!
4. Eat things… that you buy on-line from Target? (Are they using their old funky popcorn as packing material or something?)
5. Wait no, if you must eat, eat FOOD SUBSTITUTES, but not real food even if you are craving pancakes.
Is that not dieting-induced neurosis in a nutshell???
Ottermatic 
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June 4, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Sarah
HA! My entire disordered eating history just flashed before my eyes!
June 4, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Cyn
That’s nothing…this morning I got an email from my gay friend (who really loves thick eyebrows on men). Nothing about eyebrows, hair, or anything remotely related was mentioned. Yet there, to the right of the message, was an ad for Bosley Eyebrow Transplants. What the hell? Seriously. It freaked me out.
June 5, 2008 at 12:17 am
Godless Heathen
My brain kinda zeroed in on the ad for the Japanese place. Who could possibly think about anything else when the possibility of sushi or yakisoba lurks on the horizon? Food substitutes, dieting, dining out at Target? Bah!
The Target thing comes up every single search. Chessex Pound O’ Dice, try Target! Occult supplies, Target! Hard to find Asian horror films that have to be imported, try Target! It’s the dumbest sponsored ad evar.
June 5, 2008 at 8:14 am
OTM
My entire disordered eating history just flashed before my eyes!
I know, right??? Especially in response to the keywords “dinner” and “shame.”
Occult supplies, Target!
LOL
And um, eyebrow transplants are freaky enough without Google’s apparent mind-reading capabilities getting involved.