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I spend more time than I should looking at Wordpress themes. One thing I’ve noticed about them is that the authors almost always describe their themes as being “clean”. They also emphasize how they put the emphasis on your content. The claims are made so often that they are pretty much meaningless. But that’s not really what I’m looking for. What I need is a theme that is ridiculously garish and busy enough to actually distract people from the fact that I never update the site. Where’s the theme that can give me that?

Like lots of cool people (William Shatner, for example) I suffer from tinnitus. This is a condition that causes one to have a constant ringing or buzzing in your ears. It can be caused by lots of things: genetics, listening to loud music or an overdose of awesomeness as in the case of Shatner. Regardless of the cause, the condition can be quite maddening. Plus there really aren’t many effective treatments for it.

So along come the folks at Quietus. They claim their supplement (or whatever it is) will rid you of your annoying ringing. Now I don’t know for a fact that Quietus is snake oil, but I seriously doubt that it works. But if people want to try it, more power to them. What I don’t like are their ads.

While my tinnitus can be annoying at times, it usually isn’t an issue. In fact, lots of times I don’t even notice it unless I think about it. Of course, it makes it harder to avoid thinking about it when you hear ads for tinnitus remedies on your drive into work in the morning. So I’ve been enjoying the ringing for most of the day thanks to Quietus. Good job guys.

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