Welcome to the Cacomixl blog.
What exciting opportunities I've been presented with by e-mail marketers this weekend!
How did they know that I'd been thinking about peeing on bin Laden, getting out of debt, getting a MasterCard and saving on healthcare? And once I do get out of debt, I'm going to look into that tremendous business opportunity!
Lucky me!
MISSING CHILD - PLEASE READ!
I got one of these hoax e-mails today, with a photo of one "Penny Brown." What motivates the shitheads who create and send these? Is there some innate thrill to raising a false alarm? It's not like there's any immediate gratification, like there would be in, say, pulling a fire alarm and watching everybody run out of a building.
I dreamt I was in a busy restaurant with a long lineup. In line was a woman with a giant broccoli floret for a skirt (or was it her torso?), and green tights and shoes. Once inside, diners were served at communal tables. Every dish had garlic, mushrooms, cheese, or broccoli in it - I had a delicious 4-cheese and pesto pizza. But I kept falling asleep at the table and the waitress had to wake me.
Today I'm craving pizza but I'm very tired.
It's amazing how many books you can get for $690.88...
Wish I'd used my educational reimbursement expense more in the last 5 years.
I gots some reading to do.
Operation Renamed 'Enduring Freedom'
Oh good. I didn't care much for "Infinite Justice." Sounded like a Steven Seagal movie.
Went to an Alberta College of Art & Design fundraiser last night. It's times like these when I realize I don't have any "gala" clothes. Didn't bring any business cards either. Whoops. I'm just not in "networking" mode yet...
Post-dinner, met a possibly inebriated though very entertaining man who gave me career advice. "Book? Don't show 'em a book! They'll just find something they don't like. I've never had to show any samples of my work. Just rattle off the names of your clients you've had. Walk in there and tell them what's what. Don't seem too eager. (Man, this is good advice -- I should be charging a million dollars for this!) And dress better than they do. Buy an expensive suit."
Maybe I could wear the suit to "galas" too...
Sympathy from the (mailer) daemon:
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at pony.ab.tac.net. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
A message to Bush and Powell:
Don't bomb Afghanistan.
Bin Laden has left.
There's nothing left to bomb.
People are starving. The corrupt Taliban government has exacerbated their suffering. The people don't support the Taliban, or the Taliban's "hospitality" of bin Laden.
The brilliant Momus on the attacks.
Nice font tag choice too.
Fällt Invalid Object Series
What a treat! 360 bite-size pieces of glitchy wonderment, each one a minute long. Buzzing whistling crackling swooshing boinging staticking unnameable-verbing electronic sounds in MP3 format. I'm in heaven. And really, who can resist a tune entitled if ($child) {exit unless --$power}?
I'll put the 24 limited edition 3" CD versions on my Christmas list.
HP and Compaq to merge
Speaking of junk food, now's my chance to sell my stock in this dog of a computer company and into a solid, recession-free stock.
