Nancy Got Married!!!!!!!!!!!!

I recorded Weeds on Monday because I was playing Oblivion.  
I forgot I had it on the DVR until this evening when I was cleaning
all the crap I'd already watched off the HDD. 

Of course I watched it right away.  Very surpising episode, I thought.

Oh?  You don't watch the show?  Wow!  I didn't know you were lame!
Learn something new every day, I guess. 

Dear Douche Bag, Your scam will have to be a lot more convincing in order to succeed.

Is it just me or could I mop up at internet scams?  It seems to me the only thing you need in order to be better than the competition is a spellchecker and a minimal knowledge of grammar.

Example (I just got an email with the below text about an hour ago):


FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
GREEN JOHNSON (URBAN LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL)PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF NO: 15/0018/IPD
BATCH NO: EGS/
22504002/04
ATTN:PROUD LUCKY WINNER.

AWARD NOTIFICATION,

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our RECENT LOTTERY DRAWS HELD on the 10th of August,2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:085-12876077-09 with serial number:51390-0 drew lucky numbers:03-05-12-14-38 which consequently won in the 5th category.you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of(ONE MILLION US DOLLARS ONLY)in cash credited to file with REF:EGS/3662367114/13.Note that all participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 Officials and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites,from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America,Middle East and Africa, as part of our International Promotions Program.This promotional program takes place every year,and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei,Bill Gates of microsoft inc,UNION BANK NIG PLC and other co-operate organizations.

This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.Your fund is now deposited with Union Bank and insured in your name.For security purpose and clarity,we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.We look forward to your active participation in our next $4 million dollars slot.To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our verification office for your region for the verifications and procurement of your winning certificate and he will give you the contacts of the approved paying bank alocated fro your region in the name of clergy man below:

REV.WELSON JAMES,
E- MAIL:clergywelson1@hotmail.com

CALL HIM IMMEDIATELY WITH HIS ABOVE DIRECT PHONE NUMBER IF YOU ARE CALLING FROM (USA)THIS IS HOW YOU DIAL011-234-803-376-1255 for more discussions and clarifications on how to claim your prize money legally.Please you are adviced to use this email from winners from USA,Whenyou contact him, please provide him with your secret BATCH NO,SERIAL NO.You are also advised to provide your claim agent with the under listed information as soon as possible send it to his email addresses above for USA WINNERS,why other winners from other parts of the world from other parts of the world should use the email and number below:

E MAIL:clergywelson@hotmail.com
CELL PHONE NO:other countries outside USA dail
this way +234-803-376-1255

1. Name in full
2. Country of residence
3. Occupation

All winnings must be claimed not later than one month After the date of this notice.Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations!!!once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Bear in mind that 10% of your fund will be going to the lottery organization that played the lottery with peoples name and email addresses that should be after you most have received the fund in your account,the 10% would have been given to them,just because the fund has been insured and will not be removed till you receive the fund in your account.
Sincerely,
MR.GREEN JOHNSON.
VICE PRESIDENT.
URBAN LOTTERY.
Copyright © 1995-2006 The Urban Lottery Inc.All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline77635 476378 255667460
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Representing The REAL nerds... the ones that don't suck.

In the course of my job I handle a lot of tickets and work orders 
for internet customers that originate from my company's 
customer/technical service call center. 


Today I got a trouble ticket with the following notes:

"Problem:Customer could not access the internet. Cheetah showed a good score, so we did a recycling of the sytem. Didn't work. Ping test was sucessful, we optimized IE, lowered security settings, flushed dns, reset IP, reinstalled the NIC. None of this worked. We scanned for spyware and did a netstat test. This came back indicating that there was spyware on the computer. A supervisor suggested possibly trying to switch out the modem for a new one."

I used to work at a technical service call center where this sort of 
stupidity would never fly.  Although I knew that the call center 
I worked in was better, different, and exceptional I never really
knew just how much better we are.  I can shamefully say that the
above quote does not represent something different than the
average customer experience with my company's call center.  In
fact it doesn't represent a departure from the level of ridiculous
stupidity I experience every time I call ANY company's customer
service line.  

I have had occasion, once or twice, to call Charter's customer service and in every instance but one I was near suicide by the end of the call.  I've had similar experiences with Cingular, AT&T Wireless, AOL (that was the worst), Xcel Energy, Qwest, Wells Fargo, Bank Of America, Dell, Hewlitt Packard, and on and on and on.  Of couse, not many of those calls were technical service related but if you've ever called a customer service call center you know what I mean.  It's embarassing, though, to work for company with a call center that is as bad as these, if not worse.  

There is one up side, though.  I now know why people always looked at me like I was an idiot when I told them I worked in a call center and why employers very rarely took my experience in said call center seriously.  NOT EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN A CALL CENTER IS AN IDIOTIC TRAINED MONKEY OR A MOUSE DRIVING A HUMANOID CYBORB WHILE THINKING ABOUT CHEESE.  There are at least 15 people I know personally who worked in a call center and were not stupid and actually knew what they were talking about.  

Caution Gamers! You can get injured for real!

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Damn It Cartoon Network. Stop Stifling Futurama

 Here are two big whopping things out of many I've noticed have been changed in Futurama between its original airing and the airings on Cartoon Network.  They are trimming more every day.  Maybe it's the earlier time slot, I dunno.  

In the episode with the $300 tricky dick fun bill, upon smelling the ambergrise (sp?)  Amy puts on Mom originally said "Good Christ!  What smells like porpoise hoark?" and now says "Holy Crap!  What smells like porpoise hoark?" or something very similar.

In the episode with the lady part on top and the fish part on the bottom, Atlanta, and Hermes' Manwich, upon seeing the menacing shadow rising from the deep snagged on the diamond filament line the professor originally said "Sweet zombie Jesus!" and now says "Sweet Zombie..." cutting to silence with the professor mouthing the word "Jesus."

These comments are considered too blasphemous to be on TV...   ...on the same network that aired that ad with a depiction of a Jesus looking guy getting his neck chewed on my and animal... or was there a motorcycle in it...  I dunno but it was wrong... funny but wrong.  The network that airs Moral Orel?  Where I watched Brock Sampson naked and covered in blood look for Hank and Dean while Dean dabs Hank on the crotch to put out the pants fire started when Hank had to dry piss on his pants by humping the hand dryer.  The same network where an "axe" was used to rend a character's head in twain to reveal its inner workings on the most recent Metalocalypse?  "Good Christ!  What smells like porpoise hoark?" is too far?  What the Christ?

Whackly to Toppers - "Cute coupons only take valuable space away from real savings!"

Here's some Futurama material you probably missed advertising a movie you probably missed too... ...and shouldn't have.

Smell the Sweet Fragrance of Gaming

I'm Back!!!!!!

The 360 came back from Microsoft's repair center yesterday...and just like that I am back in the game. Too bad Whackly had to get ready for company this weekend, and couldn't join in some Xbox Live Gaming Goodness. But I got my fill of Table Tennis, and Golf, oh how I've missed it.



EZMezzo's Xbox - 8/11/2006

EZMezzo held the Xbox button on his controller down for a few seconds and our adventure began! A gamer score of 1865 is lighting the way. He played PAC-MAN, Rockstar Table Tennis, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR06, as well as stared off into space... thinking about the one that got away. | permalink

Nothing Like Kicking a Dead Dog

As many of you already know, my Xbox 360 took a huge CRAP a couple of weeks ago, and had to be sent of to Microsoft for repairs. It's bad enough to be without the next gen gaming goodness for an extended period of time (playing the Xbox 1 games now looks like I have Vaseline covering my eyeballs)...but my autogenerated Xbox 360 Blog has been really egging me on lately, since OBVIOUSLY I have not been playing. (although in a hint of clairvoiance, my xbox's 8/8 entry was correct, as the repair shop had shipped my repaired 360 on the 7th for return to me this Thursday.)

The only good thing that came from this experience, is that Microsoft is fixing my 360 for free, even though it was out of warranty due to my warranty "grace" period. Never heard of that before. Guess I shouldn't ask...just be glad I didn't have to pay the 130 bucks to fix one that is out of warranty.

So if all goes well, Rock Star Table Tennis is back in the game as of Thursday!!!!! My 360 blog will be so happy.

EZMezzo's Xbox - 8/8/2006

Well, I didn't get to game yesterday, but at least I am not sitting in a Microsoft repair shop... So that is something... | permalink

EZMezzo's Xbox - 8/7/2006

I tried to play a few Xbox Live titles yesterday since EZMezzo never showed up. I got bored and cried instead. | permalink

EZMezzo's Xbox - 8/6/2006

What does a 360 have to do around here to get some gaming? | permalink

EZMezzo's Xbox - 8/5/2006

I waited all day for EZMezzo to show up... he didn't... I fell asleep on a tear stained pillow... they were manly tears though... | permalink

EZMezzo's Xbox - 8/4/2006

What... are you off reading a book or something? Come play games!! | permalink

EZMezzo's Xbox - 8/3/2006

Time sure doesn't fly when EZMezzo blows you off for a day and doesn't game. | permalink

EZMezzo's Xbox - 8/2/2006

Due to severe lack of gaming... I am thinking of shutting myself off... permanently... let's see how EZMezzo digs on that! | permalink

EZMezzo's Xbox - 8/1/2006

Don't worry... I'll wait... | permalink

EZMezzo's Xbox - 7/31/2006

I tried to play a few Xbox Live titles yesterday since EZMezzo never showed up. I got bored and cried instead. | permalink

EZMezzo's Xbox - 7/30/2006

I just do not understand why EZMezzo paid all this cash for me and here i sit... alone... unused for another day... I want a new owner... one that understands my value. | permalink

EZMezzo's Xbox - 7/29/2006

A bunch of us Xboxes held a candlelight vigil last night called 'Bring Back the Gaming' to protest the blatent ignoring of Xbox 360s everywhere. Check the blogs... we had lots of consoles participate...

Screw Linux, screw it right in the ear!

M$ pwned and loving it.

Cram your OSX with walnuts, too.