Why did the chicken cross the road? Who knows, but I don't think he/she anticipated getting a ticket for it, LOL.
Today at the supermarket I was in line behind an average looking young man. I had just turned around from unloading my cart, when dude bent over to put something in his cart. I was immediately assaulted by the visual of not only butt crack, but also tighty wighties that were majorly tearing from the waistband, with very large gaping holes showing flesh. I turned away as quickly as I could, but I fear I will be scarred for life. I almost wanted to say to the dude, "Target is just down the street, budy. You may want to stop in the men's department there ASAP." Or "Is your washer broke or is it laundry day today?"
*Warning*--Don't read while eating!
Have you heard the story of a 600 pound woman [now scaled back to 480 lbs...the other 120 lbs must have been the couch. ;) ] who didn't move off her couch for so long she became attached to it? Yeah...not even to go to the bathroom or shower....ewwwwww.....It was estimated that she hadn't moved off the couch for 2 to 5 years!
This is truly a sick and sad story as rescue workers were forced to remove the sofa with her on it as her skin had become grafted to the fabric of the sofa. (Probably from having bed sores) And in the end, the woman died. Authorities are considering whether to file neglect charges against the man who cared for her.
You'd think after the first month of this the guy would have called authorities.....sheesh. How could he and children live in a house with such a stench? This one just boggles my mind on so many levels. And skeeves me out. Yuck.
Life of an Octopus: A Drama and Love Story
*sniff*
Sometimes I wonder why people post their IM conversations that 9 times out of 10 are of no interest to anyone other than the two people who had the conversation.
At work yesterday, the new guy somehow forwarded a very unflattering outside email addressed to his boss around to the whole company. He quickly tried to retrieve the email, but a bunch of us read it already. I'm dying to know how long this guy keeps his job. LOL. And I still wanna know how he got the email...I'm gonna have to go stop by and bust on his boss. The whole incident was too funny.
UPDATE: Apparently the email was a joke being played on my coworker's brother that was accidentally mailed to the entire company as he was teaching the new guy how to use email. Still too funny.
I'd love to know if penis enlargement is big business. I sure get enough spam about it. *snicker*
Looks like it's time to upgrade Moveable Type. Just need to find the time. *sigh*
I think this is one of the most bizarre, unexplainable things I've ever had happen.
A few weeks back, during a voter registration event David and I were hosting, we encountered this woman who was mentally disabled. I'm not sure if this was something she was born with or if drug use or some accident caused her brain damage. She informed us that she couldn't register because she was a convicted felon. But she handed me an angel pin and called for God to bless us or something similar. I thought it a nice gesture from someone who wasn't dealt such a good hand in life.
Ok, this isn't even the bizarre part, LOL.
When we packed up for the day, I told David to take the pin since the table, chairs, and leaflets were all his. And that was the last I'd seen of it.
Until this morning.
I just came into our computer room, sat down, and happened to look at the printer shelf attached to the side of my desk. Next to the printer turned upside down was a pin. All I could think was "I don't remember leaving a pin lying there--I wonder what it is."
I turn it over and find it's the angel pin. I begin to wrack my brain trying to figure out how it got there. And I come up with nothing. No plausable explanation. Then I notice that next to it lie a party horn (the kind that unrolls when you blow it) from HD's birthday party in DC and a Dean for America card. None of the three items were located there yesterday.
Is this a sign that the guy upstairs is pushing for Howard to be our next president? Or is he just telling me to keep working hard campaigning? I honestly don't know.
But this does rank as a miracle in my book. :)
Within the last year an ancient burial box was brought forth that had an inscription that suggested it belonged to Jesus' brother James. Then later one person's analyses suggested the box was real, but the inscription was a fake. Now there is a new theory that suggests the inscription may not be a fake. So the plot thickens.
What I find the most interesting, is the implication that Jesus really did have a brother James. The Catholic Church likes to ignore the possibility that Mary and Joseph had children, instead idealizing Mary as the Virgin Mary, as in always being a virgin.
If it wasn't bad enough that she had a child while a virgin (ouch), these guys want to envision her never having had earthly pleasures. They seem to overlook that she was human, even if she 'was born without sin.'
I like to consider alternative, more plausable scenarios, LOL.
This morning in my bulk mail folder I received an email from AmberAlertsOnline titled "MISSING: Braeden Wood - Amber Alert -". Almost looks legit when I look at the actual email. And it includes a way to suscribe to get these alerts as they are issued. But then I look at the from address which has a long numbered email address from the domain shysterbob.com. Shyster? Makes me very suspicious. I didn't find it at Snopes, but I did send it on to them.
It was only a matter of time before some kid somewhere would decide to raid Dad's stash of Viagara and share it with his buddies at school.
Could you imagine being the teacher who had to deal with six 13 year old boys standing at attention? I have to admit I have to applaud the journalist who penned this title: Stiff Discipline After Schoolboys' Viagra Prank
Hehehehe....
This story had me LOLing: Embarrassed GM to Rename Car with Risque Overtones. It seems LaCrosse in Quebecois French is slang for masturbation. Imagine GM's surprise to learn that. Brings back memories of the Chevy Nova, sold in Mexico. ;)
Just realized my last entry was #666. Maybe I should sprinkle some holy water around the place. ;)
It seems only spammers come here and comment on this blog. *sigh* I'm wondering if its even worth me leaving them available if that's all there used for. I spent the vast majority of my two years blogging without using a comments system. I only implemented one since it was available with Movable Type. It seemed like a good idea at the time, LOL.
And from reading a few other blogs, it seems I'm not the only one who has encountered spam in the comments of their blog.
The thing I don't get is do these spammers really think they can generate traffic to their sites? They sure ain't getting much traffic from my blog. ;)
Here's a new update on the rubber duckies lost at sea for over 10 years that I blogged about back in July. (I'd post the permalink, but they don't seem to be working right. *sigh*)
I've seen raccoons around here. I've heard there are skunks. But zowie, batman, we even have possums running 'round these parts. And I've heard they are mean. Luckily when he heard me coming toward my house he shuffled off to the wooded area. LOL.
The things you don't realize that come with home ownership, LOL.......
Some days you receive e-mail where it's not easy to discern whether it is spam or something genuine just by reading the sender and the title. Most are obvious, but this one today I was uncertain. I open it up to find a pyramid scheme. I'm not sure who they think they are fooling since you must have an IQ of a gnat or been under a rock the last 20 years not to know it's a shady pyramid scheme.
But this one gets better....
Here's a portion:
"... the boy had been sending out, via E-mail, a type of
"Report" to E-mail addresses that he obtained off of the Internet.
Everyday after school for the past 2 months, he had been doing this right on
his computer in his bedroom.
"I just got the E-mail one day and I figured what the heck, I put my
name on it like the instructions said and I started sending it out", says
the clever 15-year-old.
The E-mail letter listed 5 addresses and contained instructions to send
one $5 dollar bill to each person on the list, then delete the address
at the top and move the others addresses down , and finally to add your
name to the top of the list. [Okay...wouldn't that mean your name gets taken off by the next person? LOL]
The letter goes on to state that you would receive several thousand
dollars in five-dollar bills within 2 weeks if you sent out the letter
with your name at the top of the 5-address list. "I get junk E-mail all
the time, and really did not think it was going to work", the boy
continues.
Within the first few days of sending out the E-mail, the Post Office
Box that his parents had gotten him for his video-game magazine
subscriptions began to fill up with not magazines, but envelopes containing $5
bills. "About a week later I rode [my bike] down to the post office and
my box had 1 magazine and about 300 envelops stuffed in it. There was
also a yellow slip that said I had to go up to the [post office]
counter. I thought I was in trouble or something (laughs)". He goes on, "I
went up to the counter and they had a whole box of more mail for me. I
had to ride back home and empty out my backpack because I could not
carry it all".
Over the next few weeks, the boy continued sending out the E-mail." The
money just kept coming in and I just kept sorting it and stashing it in
the closet, barely had time for my homework".
In fact, everything the boy did was completely legal according to US
Postal and Lottery Laws, Title 18, Section 1302 and 1341, or Title 18,
Section 3005 in the US code, also in the code of federal regulations,
Volume 16, Sections 255 and 436, which state a product or service must be
exchanged for money received." [Umm...but conning poor schmucks out of money isn't exactly legal last I checked.]
It goes on to describe the letter and give testimonials and makes this statement:
IMPORTANT: DO NOT alter the names of the people who are listed next to
each report, or their sequence on the list, in any way other than what
is instructed below in each step 1 through 6 or you will lose out on
majority of your profits. Once you understand the way this works, you
will also see how it does not work if you change it. Remember!!! This
method has been tested, and if you alter it, it will NOT work!! People have
tried to put their friends/relatives names on all five thinking they
could get all the money. But it does not work this way. Believe us, we
all have tried to be greedy and then nothing happened. So Do Not try to
change anything other than what is instructed, because if you do, it
will not work for you. Remember, honesty reaps the reward!!! [Oh yeah, and who's being honest here? Obviously not one of the 5 original people on the list who are the only ones receiving any money.]
It goes on further, and at the very end it says:
"THIS MESSAGE IS NOT INTENDED FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND. IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND YOU MAY NOT PARTICIAPTE. This message is also not intended for residents of the states of CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, ILLINOIS, NEVADA, OKLAHOMA, WASHINGTON and WEST VIRGINIA, and wherever else prohibited by law. Screening of addresses to avoid sending this e-mail to residents of these states has been done to the best of our technical ability." [That technical ability ain't too good as I live in *Maryland*, LOL. And I guess they realize Maryland will prosecute their asses for it because it *is* illegal.]
As Bugs Bunny would say, "What a Buffoon!"
The-the-that's all folks!
I'm still LOLing over this article on Yahoo News. It tells the tale of 29,000 bath toys lost at sea, that floated from the Pacific over the artic cap to the Atlantic. Many of the toys appear to be completing their journey this week, landing on the shores of New England, bleached from 11 years of sun. How ducky is that?
Spammers turn to patriotism to scam America. I had noticed that recently when looking at my email. And those emails that ask if you support the troops, "let us know" are in fact harvesting email addresses. Duh, LOL. ;)
LOL....the nude weblog awards....see it to believe it. ;)
Remind me never to participate in a phone survey ever again! I had this guy call about a series of books which then turned into a series of demographics questions and then it mutated into questions about my learning habbits. After a half hour I hung up on the guy because the questions kept coming even after I indicated I was getting irritated at the number of questions I was being asked. I've participated in short surveys before, but this one was beyond all belief. And it was never indicated at the outset how long the survey would take which should have been my first clue. Oy!
This is why I spend my evenings on-line....so telemarketers and other annoying telephone surveyors can not get through on my phone line. Cable might be faster, but who the hell wants to deal with a barage of phone harassers?!
Personally I think telephone solicitors should be locked together with the spammers so that they'll not disturb the rest of us who'd like to come home from work and relax without annoying interruptions or having to sift through unwanted emails. LOL.