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Really, there are some people in this world that should not be permitted to breed.

I've been getting an increased number of spam messages as of late that seem to be nothing more than insane ramblings. I'm trying to figure what purpose these things have, it's not like it's advertising and I may buy something from them. It's just text with no purpose other than to make me hit the delete key. I've included the full text below just to see if anyone else can make any sense of it. I mean, why send these things out at all if it doesn't get the sender anything?

It was not the physical discomforts alone that defeated him.

By the time Mary came in to him, he was nervilya-shake.

Also, from an injudicious word he let drop, the idea leapt atMahony .

Learning and common sense did not seem to gotogether.

Richard also went on to crush herwith St.

Tilly sat on the edge of a bunk and was very down in the mouth. Naturallythe subject of Simmondss collapse had come up, and the fix it had puthim into.

But to whom am I to turn,Id like to know? In place of Simmonds he had been met by a . A caution, that child, if ever there was one! His nerves felt like the frayed ends of arope. And, in spite of everything, his determination to get away did notweaken.

What a little hell the mindcould create for a mans undoing! In which, as long as Simmonds isaway, I shall not set foot again. Youre alwayswild, at the moment, to get away, but afterwards youre no happier thanyou were before.

Oh, Im not clever enough to argue about these things.

Just a walking bundle, said Nannan, ofwhims and crotchets.

Depend upon it, one doesnt dreamthat kind of thing for nothing.

True, also, was what shesaid about the damage to his pride.

For to this there could be noreal reply; and Richard knew it. But to whom am I to turn,Id like to know?

Hisdaughters were past their school years; of an age to be launched insociety. But nothing that happenedcould shake Marys convinced unbelief.

Youve cut yourself off from every one, and now, whenyou need help, you havent a soul to turn to.

Naturallythe subject of Simmondss collapse had come up, and the fix it had puthim into.

I believe he means to die, just toinconvenience me.

This is a funny one from BBspot where Paris Hilton released Tinkerbell Linux. A couple of my favorite quotes are:

Like its creator it has a flashy and highly polished feel to it while remaining easily accessible - both front-end and back-end.

Tinkerbell Linux is based on Slutware Linux and will be distributed on Paris Hilton's next music CD entitled "Crontab for Love."

You just gotta love news spoof sites. Or perhaps I'm just easily amused?

Take a look at this picture (click it to see it full size). What is the matter with it?

I was visiting our new office in Somerset when I noticed this on a neighboring building. I didn't have my digital camera with me so I had to rely on my phone so the picture quality is kind of poor. The funny thing is I can stand between the sign and the smokers outpost and touch the sign and the post at the same time.

Yes, I realize they are probably so close because they want you to put your smoke in the outpost instead of tossing it on the ground when you see the sign, but it's still a funny picture when viewed within the context of itself.

Have you ever wondered? If so, then here's your answer.

This guy goes a little over the top. Warning; NSFW

A couple of quotes courtesy of The Quotations Page.

"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty." - John Adams

"In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning." - George Orwell

http://pi.ytmnd.com/

Really it is! hehe

My grandfather E-mailed me this today. Sometimes doing tech support is as bad as a comedy sketch.

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COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W".

COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue "w" if you don't start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

(A few days later)

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on "Start" ......................

I can't believe people like this ever make it beyond grade school. The best is he said he's a computer expert and apparently doesn't know what an operating system is. Ahh, never under estimate the power of stupid people...

Haha, I heard recently that if you Google for "miserable failure" that the top link points to something about George W Bush. I gave it a try thinking it would just be a few hits for people complaining and referring to him as a miserable failure. Well, not so. It actually brings up his biography on Whitehouse.gov along with two of the three image results showing pictures of our infamous President. Not only do you get G Dubyah hits but you also get Jimmy Carter and Michael Moore!

I know I'm behind the eight-ball here as it seem this is been known since 2003, but still, I find it funny as hell!

B10M mentioned the South Park Studio in which you can make your own, custom, South Park characters. He took the opportunity to make a reasonable likeness of himself. Well, I sort of found this amusing so I decided to do the same for me. I know, it's a copy-cat blog entry, but I don't care. It's just cool looking at yourself "South Parkized".

Whacha think?

About two weeks ago or so I was listening to NPR and they were celebrating Mozart's 250th birthday. I have a wide taste in music and enjoy classical from time to time but I'm not an enthusiast by any degree. However, during the course of one of the talks on Mozart and his works they mentioned The Musical Dice Game . Basically, the entire thing is generated by rolling dice to choose the measures. And each measure is written in such a way that no matter how it works out it still sounds good.

Well, I thought this was one of the coolest things I've heard of in a long while so I just had to hear it played. Unfortunately the only working site I could find requires Quicktime. Even so, I booted up into Windows, installed Quicktime and generated a few versions just to hear and they really did sound good no matter what I rolled! Pretty neat stuff.

I saw this over at Linc's Blog and had to give it a try. I'm pretty geeky according to this, but not as geeky as you Linc!

My sister put this list up on her blog. I thought it was a fun exercise in self reflection. If you read this you'll probably hear more about me than you'll want to know and also realize just how boring I am.

Here's my version:

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watched the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Called in sick when you were not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job
51. Taken care of someone who was s***faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Bench pressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records/books And labeled them
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class.
88. Sword fought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married.
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an 'expert'
105. Got flowers for no reason
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congress person
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery. Reconstructive surgery, that is.
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someones heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle.
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced.
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper.
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your
lifetime
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Para sailed
177. Changed your name.
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad And translated part of it.
181. Selected one 'important' author who you missed in school, and read
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your
apartment needed them
183. ...and gotten 86ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times,
they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196. Dyed your hair
197. Been a DJ
198. Found out someone was going to dump you via the computer
199. Written your own role playing game paper-based, not computerized.
200. Been arrested
201. Shot someone
202. Sang a solo in public, while sober
203. Kissed a hummingbird
204. Given birth
205. Eaten some tree-bark
206. Baked your own bread, without a machine
207. Braided the bread
208. Foraged and eaten wild food, and/or used wild herbs as medicine
209. Climbed a waterfall
210. Walked in total darkness
211. Went snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef
212. Been mistaken as someone of the opposite sex, and they never realized it
213. Had a supernatural experience
214. Performed at a poetry reading
215. Been to a fetish party
216. Been strip searched
217. Gotten a lap dance at a strip club
218. Gotten hate mail from something of yours that had been published
219. Met someone in person who you first knew on-line
220. Cross-dressed
221. Been a resting-place for a butterfly
222. Had more than two novels published.