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Now I lay me down to sleep, in preparation for some midday tooling around the Museum of Natural History with my little cousins, followed by a swanky surprise birthday party for Sam's mom. But first...
...my masterpiece. A full-length story I wrote for thespoof.com over the past few days, finally posted tonight:
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Aaaaaaaaaand finally, I'm taking suggestions for a new LJ name. (Read my user info to see why; granted, it's been a while, but dammit, I'm gonna do it.) The only rule is that it that can't involve my first name or last name. Aaaaaaaaaaand... go! -
reverse engineering
So I'm applying for HSBC's ridiculously-high-interest savings account, and I get an email back from a customer rep (cut-and-pasted here, with spelling error):
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Ah, the Post, batting 1.000 as usual. They sure like to play the odds with completely unfounded rumors. Perhaps someday they'll resemble an actual newspaper.
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I know there's a community for sharing spam emails (badspam), but this is so good I had to post it in my own journal. The subject line of a spam I just received:
Ari see, casserole the mountainside
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And finally, here's the full-length story I posted on thespoof.com this morning:
Steroid Abuse Negates Javelin Records, says Konami "Track & Field" Assoc.The anti-doping committee of the Konami "Track & Field" Association, citing rampant steroid usage amongst its competitors in the early days of competition, has stripped Japanese hexathalon ( Read more... ) -
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Happy holidays to all. For my fellow Hebes, a Happy fourth day of Chanukah, and for my fellow New Yorkers, a Happy seventh day of Transitresumptionakah ( Read more... ) -
Happy Transitresumptionakah.
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Merry third day of Transitstrikemas.
On the first day of Transitstrikemas, the City gave to me...
a morning stoppage announced at around 3.
On the second day of Transitstrikemas, the City gave to me...
two sore legs,
and an alarm clock set extra early.
On the third day of Transitstrikemas, the City gave to me...
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Merry second day of Transitstrikemas.
I had the "pleasure" of subbing at a charter elementary school in Bushwick yesterday. I use quotes not because the school itself is unpleasant (although the unusually-long teaching day in relation to the measly per-diem pay is the reason I'm not going back again), but because of, of course, the Transit Workers Union strike. ( How I got to the school, and why the Dept. of Education are completely out of touch with reality. )