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Newswriting that Annoys Me, Episode 274

From The New York Times today: The outbreak is yet more evidence that Zimbabwe’s most fundamental public services — including water and sanitation, public schools and hospitals — are shutting down, much like the organs of a severely dehydrated cholera victim. Am I the only person that thinks this is in poor taste?

Worst Nigerian Scam Ever

From the 4d2.org spam quarantine: Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crimes Division. Federal Bureau Of Investigation. J. Edgar. Hoover Building, Washington D.C ATTN: BENEFICIARY. This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having [...]

FiOS

I have done a lot of complaining about Verizon on this blog, and since people online only seem to talk about bad experiences they’ve had with companies I feel I should balance out my rants with this: We signed up for FiOS for our home Internet connection (in the face of rising rates from Comcast) [...]

this blog has been hijacked mysteriously

Once upon a time, a blue-haired boy lived under a rock worn smooth by rain and wind. stop me if you’ve heard this before. He ate whatever he could find, mostly moss and berries. Sometimes the blue-haired boy would duel with squirrels for soft acorn meat, but usually the squirrels won out. The hollow sound [...]

Hello World

So, yeah, here’s the obligatory first post. In this case it actually is obligatory because the WordPress software generates a PHP error if no posts are present. I’m also proud to announce that, with the addition of this revamped site, every single human being on Earth now has a blog.