My car has these really cool rain-sensing windshield wipers, that adjust their speed depending on how thick the drops are on the glass. One of the many things I’ll miss when I sell this car, but I digress….

Tonight as I was pulling into the parking lot of the Fred Meyer (grocery store) I noticed that for a few short moments, the wipers were keeping perfect time with the B-52s singing Love Shack.

Just one of those little things you notice and go “hey, that’s cool”. And then it’s gone.

I almost didn’t post this because so many of you won’t understand, but for those who do…

http://chocklock.com

Ok, it looks crazy, right? You might understand a bit more if you read some of this:

http://twitter.com/chockenberry

Also, be sure to click through to all of the links on the site, and whatever you do, don’t forget to View Source! That’s actually the best part….

Today’s Panda Express (sorry, Alex :) fortune cookie says “You have the attitude of a winner”. Can I skip over the attitude part and just *be* a winner, please? Having the attitude doesn’t count for much all by itself, ya know!

Sign at the vet office on my way home from dinner:

Dachshund + Yorkie = Dorkie

A dog for geeks and nerds

I resemble that remark! But I don’t think I want a Dorkie…

My friend Sherri just sent this. I don’t know who wrote it, but it’s sadly hilarious:

SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

DEAR AMERICAN:

I NEED TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT AN URGENT SECRET BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH A TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF GREAT MAGNITUDE.

I AM MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA. MY COUNTRY HAS HAD CRISIS THAT HAS CAUSED THE NEED FOR LARGE TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF 800 BILLION DOLLARS US. IF YOU WOULD ASSIST ME IN THIS TRANSFER, IT WOULD BE MOST PROFITABLE TO YOU.

I AM WORKING WITH MR. PHIL GRAM, LOBBYIST FOR UBS, WHO WILL BE MY

REPLACEMENT AS MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY IN JANUARY. AS A SENATOR, YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS THE LEADER OF THE AMERICAN BANKING DEREGULATION MOVEMENT IN THE 1990S. THIS TRANSACTIN IS 100% SAFE.

THIS IS A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY. WE NEED A BLANK CHECK. WE NEED THE FUNDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT DIRECTLY TRANSFER THESE FUNDS IN THE NAMES OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY UNDER SURVEILLANCE. MY FAMILY LAWYER ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON WHO WILL ACT AS A NEXT OF KIN SO THE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED.

PLEASE REPLY WITH ALL OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, IRA AND COLLEGE FUND ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND THOSE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO WALLSTREETBAILOUT@TREASURY.GOV SO THAT WE MAY TRANSFER YOUR COMMISSION FOR THIS TRANSACTION. AFTER I RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, I WILL RESPOND WITH DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SAFEGUARDS THAT WILL BE USED TO PROTECT THE FUNDS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY MINISTER OF TREASURY PAULSON

We must all do our part to keep the email address info@bulk-mail.org a secret… it’s very important that these folks be allowed to keep their email (info@bulk-mail.org) private. We would not want info@bulk-mail.org to get any spam, that would be very distressing to info@bulk-mail.org!

Explanation at http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001503.html

:-)

Update 5 hours later – weird, this page is getting hits from all over the world. Many from Google but some coming direct. I’m not exactly sure why, but if they are harvesters then so much the better! :)

Another update – I get it now. I got the bright idea of Googling for info@bulk-mail.org to see what comes up. This post comes up in the bottom half of the first page of results, and the snippet Google shows is the tagline above, that is “Thoughts on life (and everything else) from one fucking amazing chick”. Yea, if I saw that I’d probably click through to take a look too!

This stack seems a bit taller than usual. Yikes!

Can’t. Stop. Laughing.

http://www.dooce.com/2008/09/02/should-probably-replace-batteries-our-walkie-talkies

(for those who click through and aren’t regular readers of Dooce, Chuck is one of their dogs)

PS if you’re not a regular reader of Dooce, you should be. Trust me on this.

I was just browsing through the site stats (I’m at a conference and I’m bored) and looking at what random people searched for to find the site. Most of them are looking for “little cat feet”, since it’s a famous phrase, but I just found one in Chicago who had searched for “feet fucking” and got my site. Not quite what s/he was looking for, I’m guessing… :)