Category: Obsessions

Spam:

September 3, 2003 / 
RGA        Do you have what it takes to be wealthy

This reminds me of the old Steve Martin SNL bit: “Wanna know how to get a million dollars and never pay any taxes? First, get a million dollars.”

August 29, 2003 /

Ad:

60% of the Internet users in 2002 were non-English speakers. Companies that do not address this market segment are missing out on an enormous opportunity.

“That’s right–learn to speak non-English today!”

August 25, 2003 /

Subject: stonecoldskywarp,Secret, Coca Cola, Disney, Sony,

and then it turns out to just be spam. That’s the most exciting subject line I’ve read in weeks! I feel cheated.

Spam

August 22, 2003 /

Subject: If your having stomach problems,read this / vytr wqwtpekmqdtk

...

Since "Death begins in the colon," ...

What?

August 13, 2003 /

Spam:

  TV Too Small?     Turn yours into a 150 INCH Big Screen TV

At first I actually thought “TV” was yet another euphemism for “wang.” I know, 150 inches seems like quite a claim to make, but these guys don’t really have any hyperbolic limits.

August 10, 2003 /

Maria and I saw a church marquee the other day that read

GOD IS BIGGER

We figured it was the ontological argument for God’s existence at its highest possible compression.

For the record, I know that xorph.com is experiencing outages (well, besides the failure of its cartoonist). Deep Fried, my webhost, is getting really flaky because the colo facility from which it resells is also getting really flaky, which explains the problems I’ve had with PHP, ftp and email accounts. I’ll probably be moving to PHPWebhosting soon, as it comes highly recommended and seems to have everything I need. (Stephen, we may have to talk about this–where are you, anyway?)

August 5, 2003 /

Okay, one more nitpick. From Jon:

“… a Danville Cracker Barrel restaurant has been unwittingly selling postcards of Louisville’s skyline, emblazoned with ‘Lexington.'”

Danville: Home to Centre College. Host of a 2004 Presidential Debate. Thanks, Danville. Danville.