Today's Winter Weather Winner Was

Me



(screenshot of my friend's and family's weather)

The windchill index is right around zero...and that's because the wind has calmed down some. (the temp was a little higher around six o'clock this a.m., but the wind was blowing around 45 mph) The Texas Dept. of Transportation has closed I-40 from Amarillo to New Mexico and also most major roads going north.

Travel is being discouraged. (duh)

feckless

feckless \FEK-lis\, adjective:
1. Ineffective; having no real worth or purpose.
2. Worthless; irresponsible; generally incompetent and ineffectual.

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Wow, a word that describes both me AND this blog.

Foreigners Face Feedjit Facts

I've noticed on the Feedjit feed that this blog has been getting quite a number of non-USA hits on my spam posts. Here's the latest:



What's odd is that several come directly, not from Google or other searches.

I don't know what that means; it might mean someone else has sent the URL of a particular post to them or perhaps they're following the post via an RSS feed. Maybe they've visited before and are just seeing if someone has posted to it.

On the other hand, some might be the original spammers, coming back to see what the "bakapor" has done with the mail they sent me. They're all not from Russia or some other ex-Soviet bloc where much of this stuff originates, but some of them are.

They might be angry enough to post to a thread or send me an email. I'll need to brush up on my Russian curse words if that ever happens .

Paashol v'chorte! When you send me mails, you give me permission to post your email addy and the attached photos and text. Don't like it? Toughsky shitsky.

tumult

tumult \TOO-mult; TYOO-mult\, noun:
1. The commotion or agitation of a crowd, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion.
2. Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, "the tumult of the elements."
3. Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, "the tumult of the spirits or passions."
--tumultuous, adjective

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There'd probably be more of a tumult from first-time visitors to this blog if I didn't have some restrictions on posting.

Atteention!

Clever spammer alert!

First, misspell the subject line to fool the spam filters.

Then, instead of spelling out the product they're trying to sell, use a huge table with multiple colored cells.



Add some nonsensical text:

Also kritavarma of the satvata race, clad in mail as worshipping the deities at all the sacrifices. Quiete: in somno, a rather poetical usage. Narravit: breath had awakened all the memory of their love it would be just to grant them some compensation.

And the obligatory masked URL. No need to show you that, huh?

Ironic Birthdays

Listening to the radio just now, I learned it was the birthday of both Anita Bryant and Elton John.

I once read that if you polled at random any 25 people, odds are you'd find that two would share the same birthday. That's statistics I suppose, but Elton John and Anita Bryant sharing a birthday couldn't be anything but ironic.