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Another One
Comments OffDR. PAUL KWESI
DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL ENERGY, GHANA.
Attn: Dear Good Friend,
Funds transfer proposal.
NOTE: My good friend I am doing this for my sick son; that is just the truth. Read along.
I presume this mail will not be a surprise to you. I am an accountant with the ministry of mineral resources and energy in Ghana and [...]
Spam
Number of Comments » 2I use the Akismet spam plugin on all my WordPress blogs. It’s a wonderful thing. I think the thing about Akismet that’s most fun is that it tells me the IP address of the spam originator.
So, get this… on my art blog, Akismet has caught 108 spam comments since I installed the plugin. [...]
It’s Easier to Be an Asshole to Words Than to People
Comments Offxkcd is one of my favorite web comics. Randall is brilliant, and in a strange and bizarre way I’m sometimes pleased that I simply don’t understand the math humor. Sometimes the comic is romantically touching, sometimes it’s hysterically funny and sometimes it’s delightfully snarky. This strip, however, simply points us to Truth. It is easier [...]
Dear Mr. Kuku
Comments OffDear David,
You don’t mind if I call you ‘David’, do you?
I read your letter with great fascination when it arrived in my spam folder earlier this week. What a new and interesting business proposition! It was especially refreshing to see something this innovative after a decade of requests to smuggle large amounts of [...]
Kindly Read This Email
Number of Comments » 2[I received this most interesting and exciting email offer today. I will post my response in a few days. Gosh! What a great opportunity!]
Dear Sir/Madam,
I write to solicit your assistance and support to enable me executes a very lucrative and high profiting business transaction. I am very confidence that with trust and [...]
Customer Service?
Number of Comments » 2Dear Retail Food Service Employee:
I know you get annoyed by customers who are more interested in their phone conversations than allowing you to determine just what it is they want. I get that. If it’s any consolation, I think they’re big fat dodos, too.
But if you would take a few minutes from your [...]
An Open Letter to Auto Makers
Number of Comments » 1Dear Automobile Manufacturers, Both Foreign and Domestic:
I note from watching your many television commercials that some of you are quite concerned with ensuring the passengers of your vehicles ride in the total silence of space. You are to be commended. I have a suggestion for you, however.
In addition to ensuring that passengers are [...]
Six Quirks
Number of Comments » 2I was tagged by Lynne for this one! (She actually tagged me on my art blog, but I couldn’t think of six art-related quirks, so I moved it over here.)
The rules (ha ha… we all know how much I care about rules!):
Link to the person who tagged you
Mention the rules on your blog
Tell about [...]
High School
Comments OffAnother meme! This one I found on Bev’s site, and thought it was pretty cool.
What high school did you go to? Roald Amundsen High School
What year did you graduate? 1976
What were your favorite band(s) or artist(s)? The Carpenters, Chicago, [...]
Happy Blogoversary!
Comments OffIt appears that I’ve been randomly babbling about things for three years now. Fancy that. And now that I’ve managed to develop a routine for the art blog, I believe I’ll go ahead and develop one for this blog too.
As Meg and Liz like to say… “HA!”
