Public Service Announcement

Moodswingingmommy's computer time will be curtailed today, I'm afraid.  Just when you were expecting me to dazzle you with more of my writing/template design prowess, too.

Yes, the time has come for SuperDad to decrapify.

No, that does not mean that he will be taking Ex-Lax and heading into the bathroom with our lap top.   For one, we do not own a lap top (which would be a fab gift idea, by the way, as it would mean poor Moodswinging Mommy could emerge from her damp, cold basement exile).   

Second, the verb decrapify has nothing to do with bowel movements. Hold on a moment, please.  Being a world language teacher, I must pause to conjugate any interesting verb I encounter.

I decrapify         You decrapify         He/She/It decrapifies

We decrapify         You (all)         decrapify         They decrapify

Now what was my point? 

Ah, yes! I am referring to a free computer program called The PC Decrapifier, which  SuperDad and I read about in an article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal.   As author Walter S. Mossberg writes, this program promises to remove "the flood of crippled trial software, ads and offers that come loaded on new Windows Vista computers," junk programs that are referred to as "craplets."    We don't have Windows Vista yet, but we are indeed full of craplets in our house. Our Dell, that is.

As SuperDad was reading Mossberg's article, he decided that this was one program we'd have to try.  What a great program The PC Decrapifier will be if it does fulfill its promise!  We'll all have tidier looking and more efficient computers in no time! But why stop at computers? Just imagine how much more pleasant things would be if we were able to harness the power of this technology, and use it in all areas of our lives.  I envision a sort of Personal Pocket Decrapifier that I could pull out and use whenever the need struck me.    I'd also add a lanyard, so I could wear it around my neck for quick-and-easy access.

Oh, its uses would be almost limitless!

Know-It-All-Uncle running off at the mouth?  Pull out your Decrapifier!

Your Colleague-Who-Likes-To-Hear-Himself-Talk dragging out your morning meeting again? Decrapify him!

Your Best Friend doesn't know the meaning of the expression TMI?

Can't stomach just one more Happy Holiday Newsletter?....

Well, you get my point.

Endless, I tell you, endless! Ah well, everyone has a utopia.

When I finished reading Mossberg's article about the Decrapifier, I couldn't help but notice the headline next to it. It read

Facing Ad Defection, NBC Takes Don Imus Show off TV

Interesting juxtaposition.

Because we all need a chance to vent every once in a while, how would you choose to use your Personal Pocket Decrapifier?  

 

Comments

[Annie]

LOL! love it

[mcewen]

I can see that this might be a useful addition to our household also.Keep us posted on your progress.Cheers

[Shauna]

Get me that non-computer decrappifier now and I'll use it on the husband!

[Emma Sometimes]

Tell me they make a purse decrappifier? I think my purse weighs a solid 40 lbs.

[EE]

I am the friend who does not know the definition of TMI...I am the queen of TMI:0Love the idea of the decrapifier, though!! I guess I could decrapify myself!!Let us know how it works out!

[Jean-Luc Picard]

That's another new phrase to learn!

[Slackermommy]

Oh my! What wouldn't I decrapify!

[moodswingingmommy]

Annie- Thanks. :)Mcewen- I know. If only!shauna- Oh, my husband would be candidate # 1 too!emma- I thought my purse was heavy!ee- Yep, I tend to be that TMI friend too.jean-luc- I am in awe of your presence here!slackermommy- I know! Where would we start after we were done with the husbands?

[Walt Mossberg]

Loved your post on new uses for the decrapifier.Walt ======================Walt MossbergPersonal Technology ColumnistThe Wall Street Journal