Random Sunday
Another blast from the Argh Draft Vault, this one from April 21, 2010. Greets!
I love the things Google does with logos. One of my faves, this one for National Radio Day:
So steampunk.
Speaking of steampunk, I crave this Steampunk Desktop
If I could figure out how to do it, I’d make one myself.
Hmmmmm.
Sometimes my spam cracks me up. We got this one on PopD:
Hi buddy, your blog’s design is simple and clean and i like it. Your blog posts are superb. Please keep them coming. Greets!!!
Now I want to say “Greets!!!” to everybody.
A big thanks to that yahoo who married a pillow because now Sweetness is planning on marrying her computer. She said, “I can do that, right?” I said, “No. You can’t marry things.” She looked at the dachshund in her lap and said, “Okay, then I’ll marry Milton.” I said, “Nope, can’t marry dogs.” “Why not?” I opened my mouth and then thought, Why the hell can’t you marry dogs? I mean, I know you can’t, but why? I finally said, “Informed consent. You have to be an adult and be able to consent to the contract. That’s why kids can’t can’t marry.” Sweetness nodded and said, ‘Yeah, dogs can’t say ‘I do.'” Now I’m waiting for the note from the teacher asking me to come in to discuss the whole informed-consent-marrying dogs thing.
Another great spam:
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It’s like haiku. With an ulterior motive.
Speaking of Sweetness, remember Prancer? The reindeer snuff film? They made a stuffed animal:
It’s for sale on Amazon (as Red Holly Reindeer from Skelanimals), but you have to be careful online. For example, on April Fool’s Day, Gamestation added a clause to their terms-of-usage that most people (including me) automatically accept without reading:
By placing an order via this Web site on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Us a non transferable option to claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul. Should We wish to exercise this option, you agree to surrender your immortal soul, and any claim you may have on it, within 5 (five) working days of receiving written notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorized minions.
Yeah. They claimed your immortal soul. Then they sent out e-mails saying, “Nah, we don’t want your soul after all,” so the souls are all safe, but the fictional possibilities of this are very tempting. (They also rewarded the people who read the thing and declined, so I love these people.)
But really, Kharos would be all over this.
When the kids screw up and it’s not bad enough to yell at them, we tell them they’re going to Hell’s Hamster Wheel, so when I found this video, I sent it to them so they could see their futures:
Except I put the wrong address in the “To” field and Sarah at Smart Bitches got it. And now Sarah is throwing up because I gave her vertigo. Do I know how to network or what?
(Note: The link was gone and I have NO idea what video I sent Sarah. So I found another one. Now I want hamsters. There’s a Hamster Wheel Greatest Hits video here.)
More spam with a personal touch:
Dear admin, thnx for sharing this blog post. I found it wonderful. Best regards, Victoria…
Thnx back at you, Vicky.
No, really, I appreciate politeness. And I’m trying to instill this in Sweetness and Light. For example, we were in the car (me in the front, Sweetness and Light in the back seat), and the woman in front me stopped suddenly. I slammed on the brakes.
FAJ: What the f– . . . really-bad-word are you doing, lady?
Light: I know what you were going to say.
FAJ: DON’T SAY IT. Ever. It’s bad.
Light: Freaking.
FAJ: Oh. You can say that.
Light: Or fuck.
Speaking of f-words, I freaking love the Sony Bravia commercials, especially the one with the exploding paint.
They’re all on You Tube, and along with them are the Making-Of videos.
Here’s the Bravia Bunnies:
But really, watch them all. Dominos in India and thread in Egypt and balls in San Francisco and definitely paint in Glasgow, plus the making-of videos for them. Just wonderful.
Or Eye Candy which is Weirdness in Color, but that parrot is worth it all.
And until we meet again, greets!!!
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