Archive for July, 2007

Odd spam of the week

July 31st, 2007

This went to myself and five our so others. I think she might be trying to book a gig. I’m really not sure.

Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:15:24 -0500
From: Jane Nicolson <ever_lover22@hotmail.com>
Subject: hello

HELLO.
MY NAME IS LAURA WILSON AND I AM CURRENTLY IN NEED OF A ROOM..
I WILL LIKE TO KNOW THE DETAILS AND AMOUTN OF THE ROOM,
I WILL BE HAPPY IF U CAN EMAL ME BACK SO THAT WE CAN TALK MORE..
PLS KINDLY EMAIL ME TO MY EMAIL BOX  laurawilson399@yahoo.com SO THAT WE CAN TALK MORE.
NOTE I CANT READY UR EMAIL IF U EMAIL HOTMAIL

On AT&T’s brilliance

July 26th, 2007

Q: How many AT&T employees does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Oww, oww! Hey! My toe!

Denigration 102

July 26th, 2007

Singer-songwrecker n. a bad singer-songwriter. (Credit: Geoff Pearlman)

PT Loser n. the bad Chrysler car the rental agency “upgrades” you to. (Credit: Cat Fitzgerald)

Conservatives in their native environment

July 19th, 2007

The Independent’s Johann Hari goes on a cruise with readers of the National Review:

A red-faced man who looks like an egg with a moustache glued on grumbles, ” If the Germans think they can take responsibility for the world, I don’t care about German courts. Bomb them.” I begin to witter on about the Pinochet precedent, and Kate snaps, “Treating Don Rumsfeld like Pinochet is disgusting.” Egg Man pounds his fist on the table: ” Treating Pinochet like that is disgusting. Pinochet is a hero. He saved Chile.”

Max Blumenthal checks out the College Republican National Convention:

The Promise

July 17th, 2007