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Tuesday, March 16, 2004
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TODAY'S LOVE NOTE
(Introduction)
O happy hours when I may once more encircle within these arms the
dearest object of my love - when I shall again feel the pressure of
that "aching head" which will delight to recline upon my bosom, when I
may again press to my heart which palpitates with the purest affection
that loved one who has so long shared its undivided devotion.
posted by Harvey at 11:45:17 PM permalink HOME
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TODAY’S GRAFFITI
CURRENCY
[peach schnapps, tequila & pineapple juice]
After months of begging, I finally got the Bartender from Madfish
Willie's Cyber Saloon to give me the recipe for a "Panty Peeler"
I'm going over to the comment party to try this out...
posted by Harvey at 11:37:55 PM permalink HOME
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HOW TO SEND UNSOLICITED E-MAIL (SERIOUSLY)
Jon Froehlich sent me an e-mail via my blog's contact address, and
asked me for a favor. I've never met the guy, never heard of him
before, and he's never done me any favors or sent me money.
But I helped him out.
Why?
It's all in the approach. Let's look at what he sent:
(First off, I do not want to
bother you. If you’re busy, please disregard the rest of this e-mail;
if you're not, please read on)
The very first thing he does is he acknowledges that sending unsolicted
e-mail is a breach of netiquette, and that I have every right to delete
his e-mail without even reading the whole thing. A refreshing change of
pace from the usual "READ THIS NOW!" crap.
And check this out:
To: harvey_olson@yahoo.com
CC: jfroehli@ics.uci.edu
From: jfroehli@ics.uci.edu
Subject: Radio UserLand: Mail from Jon Froehlich
A real name and a real e-mail address instead of "survey4U@xrochwrsw.net" or some such mulletwash
Next - how he found me:
I came across your page via blogwise.com (sort of pseudo-randomly).
Notice there's no feeble, generic compliments like you get with those
"let's trade links" spammers. Jon admits he doesn't know me, doesn't
read my junk, and doesn't even know my name. Basically, he gives me no
reason to feel good about him at all. Except that he's obviously
honest. Which I like.
Now that he's impressed me by not trying to impress me, he tells me who he is and what he wants:
I am a graduate student at the
University of California, Irvine conducting a research survey on
blogging. I would really appreciate it if you'd fill out the survey
(the more data we get, the more accurate our results). It will take
between 5-10 minutes.
The link: http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogsurvey/
If you find the survey
interesting, please pass this link on to your “blogging friends” and,
of course, posting a link from your blog would be even better!
Short, straightforward, with a minimum of bullshit (although the survey
page says "15 minutes" instead of 5-10 min. To Jon's credit, though,
his estimate isn't unreasonable. The questions are all multiple choice,
and the actual time required to answer is a function of how long you
care to ponder over getting things juuuuuust right).
But here's the best part. After showing the effrontery of asking a
complete stranger to do him a favor for noreason, he APOLOGIZES:
I'm sorry for this random e-mail; I hope you did not find it intrusive.
I like the way he acknowledges his technically somewhat rude behavior
and makes verbal amends, instead of just ignoring it. Good form, John.
Best regards,
j
He loses a few points for signing j instead of Jon, but it's not fatal.
So I took his survey. It was actually enjoyable. Made me think a bit
about why I blog & who I blog with, and to, and for. I recommend
taking the survey yourself.
And if you need a favor, remember to apply these lessons whilst composing your request.
posted by Harvey at 8:29:39 PM permalink HOME
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I'LL BET THE SON OF A BITCH KICKS PUPPIES FOR FUN, TOO
The stories out about how, at some Town Hallish meet & greet, Kerry
got an earful from a grouchy audience member who wanted to know who
those unnamed "world leaders" are who were endorsing the
Democrat-select.
What the news outlets don't seem to mention in their stories is Kerry's verbal cattle-prodding of this poor guy at the end.
Teresa of Technicalities alludes to Rush Limbaugh's beautiful
montage excerpting some of the highlights from the 7+ minute heated
exchange:
One part of the interchange between Cedric Brown and John Kerry, that I
hadn't heard about yet, was Kerry's badgering Brown about who he voted
for in the last election! Rush was playing the tape - Kerry says "Are
you a registered Republican?" and later he asks "Did you vote for
George Bush in the last election?" Both of these questions would be
enough to get a Republican candidate pilloried in the mainstream press.
Via NRO's the Corner, I found a link to the Limbaugh transcript. It's even worse than Teresa makes it sound. Kerry's like a freakin' pit bull:
Are
you a registered Republican? Are you a Republican? You answer the
question. That's not an answer. Did you vote for George Bush? Did you
vote for George Bush? Thank you.
Which brings us back to Teresa's point:
How can a Presidential candidate stand up in front of a crowd, not like
the question being asked, and proceed to ask a citizen HOW they voted?
Isn't this a country that uses a secret ballot? Do you have to tell
people who you voted for last election in order to voice a question to
a candidate? Does this outrage anyone else as much as it does me? It's
just that I've never heard a candidate from any side ask a "heckler"
how they voted in the last election. It's rather amazing that Kerry
could lose his cool to that extent!
I'm gonna be ahead of the curve for a change, and just go ahead and declare this Kerry's "YEEEAAARRRRGGH!"
posted by Harvey at 8:12:36 PM permalink HOME
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I WON'T STOP YOU BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE
The great thing about Physics Geek is that he's a regular one-man
Carnival of the Vanities when it comes to his linky-love posts. All the
goodies fit to print.
Naturally, I'm only saying this because he dropped my name in this edition.
But aside from that, I really liked the joke at the top of this post. I never saw the punch line coming.
posted by Harvey at 7:54:29 PM permalink HOME
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QUICK! BEFORE THE RIAA BREAKS HIS KNEECAPS!
Eric of Straight White Guy put up links to about a dozen or so good tunes
at his place. Some Sinatra, some Zevon, some Thorogood, bunch of other
stuff... just go take a look & grab what you can before he gets his
bandwidth bill, smartens up, & kills the links.
[singing] "I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule, trying to fit them in..."
posted by Harvey at 7:53:03 PM permalink HOME
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WISH I'D HAVE SAID THAT
hM of homicidal Maniak puts appeasement into perspective:
I started to think about all the
people that have ever lived in the world, convinced that by laying down
their arms and declaring to the world that they are unarmed and
unwilling to fight they will bring peace to the world. And it got me to
thinking just how many of those people died because of their stupidity.
You may think me harsh for calling
them stupid. After all, they believed in the goodness of mankind and
that can't be a bad thing. The thing they and their peacenik decendants
fail to realize, however, is that there really are people in the world
who consider love, compassion, friendship, and all that other related
stuff to be weak. They don't want friends, they don't care if you love
them, and their idea of compassion is putting you out of your misery
after they've extracted all the information they can from you in ways
the Geneva Conventions deems illegal. In all truth, idealism is
stupidity on steroids.
I just adore that last sentence.
posted by Harvey at 7:27:49 PM permalink HOME
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WHAT'S SHPXURNQ?
Bartender's been leaving mysterious comments, but after some heavy Google digging, the answer is clear.
Meow, Bartender.
posted by Harvey at 7:11:02 PM permalink HOME
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THE IRRESISTABLE LINK
As a man, I physically could not prevent myself from clicking on a link that told me there was a picture of a "thong-wearing angel" on the other end.
In other news, the hot chick from Blown Fuse is discussing what various people call her besides Tiffany
- old nicknames & such. I'm wondering how she likes being referred
to as "the hot chick from Blown Fuse"? Would THAT go on the "good
nicknames" list?
posted by Harvey at 7:03:02 AM permalink HOME
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