Author: Maria Johnson

Today is the Autumnal Equinox! ! !

Meh.

It just means it’s fall, or autumn as we pretentious few prefer to say.

I appreciate the cooler weather, although in Atlanta that brings a lot of dreary weather with it — rainy gray days. In a perverse way, I kind of enjoy it that way, but there are plenty of people who don’t, and it makes driving even more dangerous around here. What is it with Atlanta drivers and precipitation? In Miami driving through a monsoon was pretty much SOP, and in Germany snowfall was measured in meters, not quarter inches. Ha!

Anyway, I look forward to the changing leaves, even if I do have to clean up after nature’s adolescent stage.

yet another meme…

Got this one from Zina. Or at least, I finally got an explanation from Zina for what was going on at Plurk last night when I momentarily logged on and found a bunch of, well, unusual pictures.

Here are the rules:

1. Take a picture of yourself right now.
2. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair – just take a picture.
3. Post that picture with NO editing.
4. Post these instructions with the picture.

And here’s the picture:

that first cup in the morning...the rules don't say I can't come back later and delete this post!
that first cup in the morning...

Today was National Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Ahoy, me mateys, didya remember to talk like a pirate today?

I did, and got dressed up, too. Chris Humphries has demanded pictures as proof. What he doesn’t know, that Linda knows vry well, is that I don’t need a whole lotta prompting to do goofy stuff.

The dread pirate Bego, and her not so dreadful hostage Linda
The dread pirate Bego, and her not so dreadful hostage Linda

from the strange happy world of the hopelessly stupid

Sometimes I think critical thinking is a curse.

If I could while away the hours sitting in an airport watching people, I’d be a very happy camper. The human condition has more natural drama than any of the fictionalized goofiness that passes for entertainment on TV. When the behavior is pathetically stupid, it introduces a whole new level of entertainment for me, but inevitably, I am left feeling frustrated and not a little bit annoyed.

The truth is, I hate stupidity with a passion. It’s not very Christian, I know. It’s not very compassionate, or empathetic, or anything else that would be a nice thing to say. No. It’s a downright ugly part of my personality. I admit it, and have no immediate plans to change it.

Sadly, I don’t need to go to the airport to see astounding displays of stupidity. I don’t even have to go down the street to the community Waffle House. I just need to take a peek outside my door every once in a while.

I just saw someone go up to a locked office with the lights out and no sign of anyone inside, and proceed to knock loudly and repeatedly. And then stand there and look inside (the 10 x 12 box) and knock again. As if the occupant had anywhere to hide.

Quid?

I won a lottery that I didn’t even enter!

Check out this lame scam complete with disclaimer at the end. My personal favorite part of it? The scammer “works” for Yahoo and uses a gmail account:

Yahoo Awards Center
          124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB – United  Kingdom
   
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Eight Hundred, Twenty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (Ј820,000,00.) for the month of August/ September, 2008 Prize  promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS  & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

                PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER:          MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER:  2008234522
PIN:                              1206

These numbers fall within the London Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in London and send your winning identification numbers to him;

Below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting you’re required Particulars.

        YAHOO ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM

FULL NAMES:__________________________________

ADDRESS: _________________________________________________

CITY:_________________________

STATE:__________________________________ ZIP: _____________________

PHONE:/FAX__________________________________

COUNTRY________________________________

SEX:_______________

AGE:__________________

MARITAL STATUS: _________________

OCCUPATION: ________________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________

NATIONALITY_________________________

You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit with the below email address.

Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit 

Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Dr. Tony Don  (Foreign Service Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agent
62 Islip Road Oxford, London OX2 7SP
United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 702 406 2858

Email:  info.overseasclaim@gmail.com

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, I remain.

                              Yours in service,
                  
  Dr. (Mrs.) Monica Martin
—————————————————–
WARNING!
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.

You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete notify us and give no further correspondence to such person or body.

Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned!