A Life Less Ordinary

I was suspicious of this e-mail as soon as I read the subject: [SNIP] ————————————————————————– Date: 7/30/2003 5:35:26 AM To: mwproductions@hawaii.com From: “eBay Customer Support” Subject: Change password ————————————————————————– Dear eBay user, As stated in the User Agreement, Section 5.1, we may request you to change you password. Because of security reasons and for your…

So I’m driving along today and I end up behind this old man in a Cadillac El Dorado convertible who is completely unaware that he’s driving with his turn signal on. It was perfect.

“In Canada, taxes are due April 30. Guess who’s just doing his now? For years (more than 10), I have been filing my taxes using tax software. Back in the old days, we used to have to print out our tax returns (on special BLUE paper) and then stuff it into an envelope (which barely…

“A Cornell student sought permission from university staff and administration about using his recently purchased Segway on campus. The Cornell Daily Sun reports in this article that “after a meeting with representatives from Cornell University Police Department, the Judicial Administrator’s office, Environmental Health and Safety and the Risk Management office,” Cornell informed the the student…

I have a huge problem with one of those MSN ads that feature the big, stupid butterfly. The one I’m talking about is the one where the mom and her two children are walking down the street and the butterfly is running ahead and “protecting” the children. In case you haven’t seen it, here’s a…

Kris told me about a campaign that I really like. It’s the ‘I am not America” campaign. Everyone always says, “America did this, America did that,” then there’s hostility toward American citizens. Yes, America has decided to bomb Iraq. I am not America. On a lighter note, last night someone taped a photograph of a…

So the U.S. is at war with Saddam. Again. Honestly, what the hell? How do we know for sure that he’s still there? What if he really has left and we’re bombing Iraq anyway? Actually, that wouldn’t surprise me at all. It’s amazing to see how upset people get. Last night, one guy was telling…

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Now you can order Surviving Terrorism, a book that spans “312 oversized, information-packed pages” and is supposedly filled with everything you need to know about how to survive a terrorist attack. The book’s website even includes testimonials. How can there be testimonials when this book was published =after= 9/11 and there haven’t been any other…

Remember how I said I was going to meet an old friend while in Moscow? Well I did. When I first met her four years ago, I thought she was hot. Nothing could have possibly prepared me for seeing her again. Holy hell. Now, four years later, hot doesn’t begin to describe how breathtakingly beautiful…