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Stephanie, Washington, DC — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:29:33 GMT

It's just as easy keep a separate hotmail or other free email account. I have one that I only use for confirmations and store accounts. That way they don't clog up my "real" email account, and I just go in once a month or so and do a mass delete. I use it to comment on blogs too :)

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Stephen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:11:15 GMT

Five years ago a friend lost her father and was having a lot of trouble dealing with it. I saw a book on Amazon about dealing with grief, so on the spur of the moment I bought it for her. Since then every time I log into Amazon I get recommendations such as (checking today's offerings):
. A Time to Grieve: Meditations for Healing
. Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul
. Nobody's Child Anymore: Grieving, caring and comforting when parents die
. When Parents Die: A guide for Adults.

Its so depressing!

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Will Femia — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:17:09 GMT

Stephen, those recommendations are cookie based. You should be able to delete your cookies in your browser and start with a clean slate.

Otherwise, I'm surprised it hasn't picked up on new searches you've done since then. I was pricing camera equipment on Amazon months ago and it's still trying to sell me camera stuff. I wonder if it has to do with hitting on a rich advertising category. Maybe you could do a few searches for cameras or something like babies or pregnancy and they'll re-align your profile.