This Is New

Found this in the spam trap first thing this morning:

After I initially left a comment I seem to have clicked the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and now whenever a comment is added I receive four emails with the same comment. Is there an easy method you are able to remove me from that service? Appreciate it! Feel free to surf to my web page on (redacted).

Mmmmkay, let's look at this right here. Y'all commented anonymously, so no email address was required nor given. So, you ain't been getting any damn emails. Kinda tough to do that. Plus, if you did comment logged in, the "notify me" controls are all on your end, oh spammer genius.

Since this was caught by Blogger's spam filters, you need not worry, your post has not seen the light of day until now. I will not be promoting your web page. In fact, I feel free NOT to surf to your web page, which was your point all along.

Gonna have to do better than that, genius.

Squirrelacolypse!!!!

OMG!!!!11!!! Squirrels with lasers! It's the end of the world as we know it, but I feel fine!

H/T Dave Barry

I've Hit the Big Time

Bloggers obsess over traffic. How much, where it came from, how it got here, what OS, what browser - all that stuff feeds the geek in me at any rate. So, this outfit doesn't draw much traffic, but By God It's Number One on Google for a certain search string:



Yeah, that's right, The Poor Farm is el numero uno for the Google Search "sauteeing green peppers."

Try to contain your jealosy. I know my life will be all sunshine and lollipops from now on.

I Got the Musak In Me

Wanna play Philip Glass? Check this site out.

It Is To Laugh

Blogger is usually pretty slow about notifying me about new posts in comments. Today, they were quicker. I got a notice about a posting to My Hog Hunt post.

Anonymous said...

What a Sicko! Pity the Hog did not win....

So this was my response:

Jeffro said...

Anon: thanks for dropping by and showing us your bravery and character by hiding behind the anonymity of the internet. Considering the high amount of fortitude you possess, I consider your supposed slam to be words of high praise, especially considering the source.

Then, I looked at my Sitemeter and found the info above. This clown was looking for "hogster dancers?" ROFL. Still ROFL. Finally just LMAO now.

Weirdos. They are everywhere.

Do You Have What It Takes?

Honestly, I take take or leave the whole horror genre of movies, including ones about zombies. But, I'm a geek at heart and can enjoy something a bit different. The Outbreak is an interactive zombie movie - each little vignette gives you a choice at the end before going on to the next. I did not survive.

Where Does He Find This Stuff?

I speak, of course, of Charles G. Hill of Dustbury. Yes, I know he suffers from a sleep disorder and is up half the night surfing the web, but still - he finds some pretty esoteric and just plain cool thangs on the intertubes.

From The Dada Server:

The DADA server has worked your data through its gears and cables and little electric thingies that squeak and hide whenever we turn on the lights. DADA has converted its ordinary electrons into that which is DADA. Guaranteed to be not only accurate and true but supplemented with 150% of your recommended daily supply of DADA. Please do not use this information for commercial purposes or for squelching the other parrots in the bathroom.

Your secret name is eucher.
The animal which symbolizes you is Dalai Lama.
The color of your soul is blue balls.
The celebrity you most resemble is 16:20.
Your special pain or illness is tumescent.
Your most important time of day is woman.
The shape of your life is Gunther.
And the flavor which identifies you most is Spotted dick.

Thank you for playing, the police have been notified.

My related note: My favorite topping for vanilla ice cream is solid state transistors.

Sadness

My blogfather, Kim DuToit, has decided to hang it up. This is the comment I left:

Well, day late and a dollar short, but oh well.

Kim and Connie, I just want you to know how your efforts affected me. I joke a lot about being an ex-liberal, but it really is true. When I found your corner of the interwebs, I had a lot to learn. I don’t always agree with you, but I find myself on your side more often than not. You and your forum winkled me out as a lurker and made me participate, which has been a very rewarding experience.

When you and the Mrs. hosted your 9/11 remembrance, I came to your house and found you both to be charming, well spoken and very smart. The others there (The Layabout Sailer, Airboss, and Kevin, among others) provided very stimulating conversation and disturbed my worldview. I’ll never forget Airboss starting a round table discussion about who should vote. I had no answer for my position. I’ve discovered that a lot in the past.

I’ve also always felt that if there was to be a time when the nation needed rebuilding that your house contained some of the nation’s best constitutional supporters, and that the country could be rebuilt on the foundations of the minds there.

I’ve also appreciated you as a friend over the years. I’ve known you as an honorable man who’s word is without question - a rarity in today’s world. So, when you say you are gone, I believe you. If you decide to come back, my opinion of you would not change.

So, to paraphrase Douglas Adams - “So long and thanks for all the fish.” I’ll miss you, but I’ll also never forget yours and Connie’s efforts. Take care and may all your wishes come true. Y’all deserve it.

I meant it, too. One other thing I have taken from Kim and Connie is that if something is to be done, it must be done properly. Eating, traveling, reading - you should be devoting yourself to something better than the rest. I'm afraid I fall short of this goal, because my tastes are fairly pedestrian. There are many issues I disagree with the DuToits on - for instance, they are atheists and I am not. But, they are a tolerant couple who don't try to foist their religion or lack thereof on others, and they require the same from the rest of us. A fair exchange.

I truly wish Kim the best in his endeavors to return to his writing roots, and hope he becomes a successful writer. He certainly has the talent and the will.

So, when he says "I'm off to the range" for the last time, it will be a sad day.

Ewww

I don't care who ya are, that is just wrong.