Archive for June, 2009

Don’t tell me there will be people who fall for this. I suppose you could be crass and say if you are that gullible you should not be allowed to have money. Okay, say it! Here you go – fresh from the presses at Gmail:

from??? zhara kipkalya <zharakipkalya208@msn.com>
reply-to??? zhara_kipkalya10@yahoo.fr
date??? Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 3:35 PM
subject??? Hello

hide details 3:35 PM (16 minutes ago)

Hello

I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. My name is Zhara Kipkalya Kones,i am 17yrs old. my father died in plane crashed on Tuesday 10th June 2008.
After the burial of my father, my step mother and uncle conspired and sold my father’s properties to an Italian expatriate which they shared the money among themselves and live nothing for me. One faithful morning, I opened my father’s briefcase and found out the documents which he have deposited huge amount of money in bank here in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire with my name as the next of kin. I went to the bank to withdraw the money for a better life so that I can take care of myself and start a new life, on my arrival, the Bank Director whom I met in person told me that my father’s instruction to the bank is that the money would only be release to me when I am married or present a trustee who will help me and invest the money overseas.

I am in search of an honest and reliable person who will help me and stand as my trustee so that I will present him to the Bank for transfer of the money to his bank account overseas. I have chosen to contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my trust. But rather take me as your own sister. Though you may wonder why I am so soon revealing myself to you without knowing you, well I will say that my mind convinced me that you may be the true person to help me. More so, I will like to disclose much to you if you can help me to relocate to your country because my stepmother has threatened to assassinate me. The amount is ($8 USD) Million United State Dollars and I have confirmed from the bank. You will also help me to place the money in a more profitable business venture in your Country.

However, you will help by recommending a nice University in your country so that I can complete my studies.It is my intention to compensate you with 10% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my capital in your establishment. As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely.

Awaiting your urgent and positive response. Please do keep this only to your self. I beg you not to disclose it till i come over because I am afraid of my wicked stepmother who has threatened to kill me and have the money.

Sincerely yours,
Zhara Kipkalya Kones

It has been said that the pen is mightier than the sword. Given time, polish and cooth this is usually true. Welcome to Twitter where the ignorant scum of the earth trolls amongst the remainder of society. There are those who hate their own existence with such veracity they simply slither around looking to bite the ankles of others. Their vicious attacks no more than the tickle of a blade of grass under your feet.

Finding reason to reply is usually senseless and generally results only in a similar retort which circles back to nothing more than a waste of electons and your time to read the words they form. So, be like a duck and words like water. If that doesn’t work for you then create a blog and post all the hate on it. For me I find almost all venom directed my way to come from liberals and atheists. For you it may have another source. Either way it’s an obvious indication of the commentor’s inferiority or a complex thereof.

Why am I bothering posting this? Because one of you may have an issue with firing off hateful comments or replying to them with an equal amount of hate. Don’t do it. It’s not good. Either ignore them completely or thank them for their comment and move along – you’re not Jesus and even He could not change the world.

Peace!

Michael Jackson, whether you liked him or his music, is the biggest pop icon since Elvis – and even bigger. How do you remember him? Do you remember him as the little 11 year old front man of The Jackson Five? Do you remember him as the master of pop and dance from his Off The Wall days?

Michael Jackson won 13 Grammy Awards, 13 number one singles in his solo career. This alone is an amazing acheivement – but did you know he is also the only person to ever have been inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame …. TWICE?

So where were you when you first heard the news that Michael Jackson had died? My wife and I had just walked in the door from shopping. We did not have the radio on in the car but she turned it on while we were putting groceries away and when I walked in from the car with a couple of sacks of groceries she was standing in the kitchen almost in shock. I said, “What’s wrong?”

“Michael Jackson has died”, she said.

Like many others we watched the news for the next three hours until it was finally overload and we had to leave to go down to the billiards room.

Did you download or listen to any Michael Jackson music after you heard the news?

Go to any of the links about Jeff’s death and it is quite obvious it is just a scam to get you to buy something else.

Hey Mark Sanford. How does it feel to have your private emails to your extra-marital fling read all over the Internet? Of course now, Mark, not only are you an embarrassment to your party, the people of South Carolina, your children, and your wife, but your bed buddy is about to be dragged into the media as well along with her children. Do you know it’s possible she will lose her job, you will lose your job and your name will be added to a growing list of “Conservative” failures?

Okay, now that’s off my chest to answer the question “Did Twitter help expose Mark Sanford’s destruction of his family and career?”

Answer: No doubt about it. Currently there are over 47,600 Tweets mentioning his name. That in no way represents the number of times each Tweet was read nor by whom. By the way, the object of Sanford’s lack of honor is 47 year old Maria Belen Shapur.

There is an old Book that says, “in the end times things that were once whispered in secret will be shouted from the rooftops.” Well? That same Book and collection of smaller Books also says a lot of other things strikingly similar to what is happening in the world today. But I digress again. That is another post for another blogsite!

1 Who ran for President of the United States with the campaign slogan “A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”? (Herbert Hoover) @zipvogreg

2 When David Edgerton opened the first of these restaurants in 1954, he sold hamburgers for just 18 cents? (Burger King) @justwemoms

3 Which is Earth’s largest continent at approximately 17,300,000 square miles? (Asia) @ericabiz

4 What city is the capital of Australia? (Canberra) @CathyBrowne

5 Name this Disney movie which was the first full-length animated feature to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. (Beauty and the Beast (1991)) @justwemoms

6 Approximately how many glasses of milk does a cow give in her lifetime? 5000, 25,000 100,000 200,000 (200,000) @Dr_Rose

7 Which favorite treat contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love. (Chocolate) @mizdi

8 At what age does a fetus develop fingerprints? (3 months) @justwemoms

9 Approximately how many hairs are on the average human head? 50,000 100,000 250,000 1,000,000 (100,000) @mizdi

10 Which metal is the only metal in a liquid form at room temperature? (Mercury) @WestportMoves

11 The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen and .5% argon and other gases. What percentage is oxygen? (The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21.5% oxygen, .5% argon and other gases.) @mizdi

12 Which rock is the only rock that will float in water? (pumice) @gopgal88

13 A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for how much of a second? (1/100th) @justwemoms

14 If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) what is the total? (5050.) @justwemoms

15 How many Oscars did Disney collect between 1931 and 1969? (35) @jess4002

@iamtherealwill apparently is much the greater human and the world knows it. While I think most performers and entertainers are vastly over paid, over rated and over coddled it is important to know they often are the masters of their profession when little sniveling weasels like Perez Hilton are, well, basically gas in the air. Perez is more like the lowest form of new reporter than even the socialite gossipists he so wants to be.

Is Perez’s run over? Most people thought his question to @CarriePrejeanCA was nothing more than a vicious attack on her personal beliefs. Of course most of us also realize Christians, especially, are not entitled to their own personal beliefs. Was that, however, the begin of the final rundown from this shadow crawler, this feeder on the gutter leftovers of Hollywood?

And wait, Perez Hilton called ANYONE a faggot? Wait a minute, if someone called him that wouldn’t he scream “hate crime” all the way to the bank? If calling someone a faggot is a hate crime then certainly defending yourself with brute force should be protected. Oh, wait. They were in Canada. I digress.

But Perez Hilton called someone a faggot? That tickles me.

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/23/perez-hilton-will-i-am-photo-punch-head-toronto-lady-gaga/

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/22/perez-vs-will-i-am-caught-on-tape/

@officialTila heres what really happened… http://dipdive.com/member/i…

4:07 AM Jun 22nd from web in reply to officialTila

Most people around my age of 50 would probably consider Ed McMahon and Johnny Carson their “late night uncles”. My father was always in bed by 10 and my mom followed him shortly after. This left me up alone to watch the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon. Sometimes I would laugh so hard I would wake my parents.

Here is a clip you might like. Johnny was always teasing Ed about being Irish and thus having a little more than a casual interest in social cocktails. Well, it just so happens on this one show Ed was, shall we say, happy.

Let Johnny set it up for you.

Social Media Edge today at Noon EASTERN click to listen live or archived

One of the topics of discussion today will be Twimailer. Twimailer is an email based new follower management tool that works quite well – if you need it. What’s a little odd is that you almost have to watch the video to know what to do. There is only one form field and no explanation about what to put in it except in the video. Other than that the tool seems to be just what the doctor ordered for your notification emails.

From http://twimailer.com

Twimailer demo from jon on Vimeo.

Look, I really mean no disrespect to the family of this Maria Barbu girl. I really don’t. If it’s real.? And we all know most 17 year olds really don’t think too much about consequences but still the pain the family of this girl must be feeling. If it’s real.

The “Don’t Twitter” in case of emergency sign was hilarious. But in reality there are times when you better be able to “unplug” and do a little life. You can read the story about the Twitter death here if you like. Again, if it’s real.

Now that you are all sad and stuff let’s consider a couple of things:

The account was started on 19/6/2009

The girl died on 19/6/2009

Her first ever Tweet was at 10:22PM

Her last ever Tweet was at 10:52PM

One of her middle Tweets (of 15) was a link to Getty Images showing people Twittering in the bathroom.

Read them all here http://twitter.com/mariabarbu

Then go buy one of these:

I’m kind of a t-shirt junkie anyway but I like this one just because it will make people ask about it and give me the oppotunity to talk with them about Twitter and other forms of social media.

I ordered one! If you order one, too, we can wear them together. Now ain’t that cute? There’s just something about those words … “Don’t Make Me UNFOLLOW Your Butt!”

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Okay, this is maybe a little irrevernt – IF the girl died and the story is real. I’m still thinking it’s shady at best. Do not Twitter in the bathtub.