Holding pattern

Posted on August 25th, 2007 by Eban.
Categories: Internet.

I’m working hard on gathering/editing some pics and movies for another mega-post. In the meantime, this should hold you over. I Stumbled Upon this post from the Sacramento Craig’s List and was highly amused…

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To the potheads who took 1 of the 4 free patio chairs I posted on CL
Date: 2007-07-05, 11:36AM PDT

You two girls were amped up about the 4 free patio chairs that I posted on CL. You came over, wafting the aroma of the sticky-icky as you walked by, and sat in the chairs and decided that they were the chairs for you. My husband and I proceeded to pick them up to carry them out front when we were informed that you were driving a Honda Civic. Insisting that you could fit one chair in and then come back for the rest, you squeezed about 4 inches of the chair into the car as the passenger held on tight to the 90% of the chair that was dangling on the outside. Many months have since passed and we have yet to see you stoners again. In my mind, there are 4 likely reasons as to why we have not seen you girls again:

1) You simply forgot where you got the chair and why you even wanted it in the first place and have been mesmerized by an Abbazabba wrapper ever since.

2) You forgot that they were free and are currently piled (along with 3 or 4 friends) on the single chair, passing the dutch and laughing about how you got away with a free chair.

3) On your way home, you forgot where you lived and are still driving around with that damn chair dangling out the window. In which case, am willing to wait a little longer for you to find your way home because I’m certain that once you do, you’ll come back for the rest.

4) You smoked the chair.

Either way, it is quite annoying having 3 chairs and I have found that it is much harder giving away a set of 3 than a set of 4. Admittedly, it will be hard to re-post these chairs because every time I see them I think of the two of you and wonder just what exactly became of that lone chair. I hope that whatever you did with it, it was well enjoyed.

Godspeed, you crazy potheads.

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Just stupid enough to be true

Posted on July 9th, 2007 by Eban.
Categories: Internet.

I just came across this on the Internet. According to Snopes.com, it’s probably too. This is an example of those things that are both funny and sad, at the same time.

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On my way home from the second job I’ve taken for the extra holiday
ca$h I need, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat. In my
wallet is a $50 bill and a $2 bill. That is all of the cash I
have on my person. I figure that with a $2 bill, I can get something
to eat and not have to worry about people getting upset with me.

ME: “Hi, I’d like one seven layer burrito please, to go.”
IT: “Is that it?”
ME: “Yep.”
IT: “That’ll be $1.04, eat here?”
ME: “No, it’s to *go*.” [I hate effort duplication.]

At his point I open my billfold and hand him the $2 bill. He looks at
it kind of funny and

IT: “Uh, hang on a sec, I’ll be right back.”

He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within earshot. The
following conversation occurs
between the two of them.

(more…)

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Rumsfeld Hands

Posted on January 31st, 2007 by Eban.
Categories: Internet.

So, I’m back to not being able to write too often. Hopefully, this will keep you entertained, until I do.


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Comment Spammers!

Posted on January 8th, 2007 by Eban.
Categories: Internet.

So I haven’t written, in a while. Things have been really busy with getting ready for the baby and work and the Theater (I’m running sound for a production of Angels in America). I planned on writing some stuff, today, but, to my surprise, my little blog was the target of a SPAM attack.

For some reason, SPAMMERS think that posting their ads for porn, casinos, and “Canadian Medications” on blogs will increase their snake-oil traffic. I remember when the Internet was friendly, honest place.

I spent all morning removing those SPAM comments and trying to set up some filters. Hopefully, things will get better and I can return to writing comments that don’t explain why I haven’t been writing comments…

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30-Second Bunnies Theatre

Posted on October 20th, 2006 by Eban.
Categories: Internet.

OK. I know I haven’t written anything in a while. I’m way backed up on stuff. I have a couple of sonograms pics from the beginning of October that I haven’t scanned in and posted yet. I’ll get to those, this weekend.

This, however is too funny. If you are a movie buff, or just like parodies, then you really should check out Angry Alien. In a nutshell, this site has 30-second summaries of popular films — performed by bunnies. I don’t know why I find these funny. I just do.

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SPAM, SPAM, SPAM…

Posted on September 4th, 2006 by Eban.
Categories: Internet.

There was a time when Spam was a good thing. Well, good if you liked that sort of thing. But, it was strictly the name of a meat product that was good for feeding our troops — good for providing nutrition to families on a budget. Not to mention the “national dish” of Hawaii.

Then, along came the Internet and email. As with many things, the Internet adopted the word, “Spam” to its own venacular. Suddenly, “Spam” was a word to identify “the abuse of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited, undesired bulk messages” (Wikipedia).

It used to be that Spam came from signing up from things on the Internet. Sending an eCard, signing up for a newsletter, etc. were sure-fire ways to get your name on unwanted mailing lists. However, Spammers have stepped up their game. Auto-generating email listed — based on domain — or harvesting addresses from Web pages are just a few of the tactics they use.

I’m finally fed up. I no longer want to keep changing my main email address, just to clear out my mail box. Forwarding messages to ISP’s and the Government doesn’t seem to help at all. The folks at SpamItBack.com seem to have a good shot at making a difference in the war on Spam.

Their software allows you to join other users in bombarding known Spammers with messages letting them know you do not appreciate their activities. It creates extra traffic to their Web sites. It fills their mail boxes. The more people that install and use the software, the more effective it will be.

It kind of reminds me of the SETI@Home project, and other distributed computing projects. Using many computers for the benefit of mankind….

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