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On life’s little surprises

So I'm listening to Internet radio and, without noticing the current title playing, marveling at a rich and engaging orchestral piece I don't recognize.

Holy smokes... it's from the first Pokemon movie?! Studio execs hired a decent full orchestra AND reasonably talented composer/arranger for THAT???

Just goes to show you that, even in the most seemingly inconsequential of places, there are little and surprising joys to be found.

- Blathered by Adam on Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 15:13 Permalink
- Filed under Arts and entertainment • Grab bag • Wackiness
- Commented on by one person so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

Adam as a petting “Sugar Mummy”?!

After being bored with the ever-changing-but-still-pathetic Nigerian 409 e-mail scams, I was delighted to be the e-recipient of a Nigerian scam that -- at least in its newness -- is moderately entertaining. I include it below in its entirety for your edification.

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- Blathered by Adam on Sunday, June 19, 2005 at 23:55 Permalink
- Filed under Grab bag • Wackiness
- Commented on by 125 cool people so far. Commenting on this entry is now closed, but you can check out the full entry and see what others wrote.

Store Wars: A very funny animation of good and evil (food)

Check out the video of Store Wars, featuring Obi Wan Cannoli and Darth Tater... and lots of laughs!

I actually have very mixed feelings about some of the "evils" it raises -- genetic engineering of plants and food irradiation in particular -- but on the whole, I do believe in supporting organic farming.

I think anyone'd be hard pressed to claim that they LIKE having lots of pesticides or antibiotics in their food. And, while this may be psychological, I do seem to prefer the taste of organic foods over the cheaper alternatives.

Anyway, all moralizing aside, do check out the video and I guarantee a good chuckle at the very minimum

- Blathered by Adam on Saturday, June 4, 2005 at 16:02 Permalink
- Filed under Business and consumers • Grab bag • Wackiness • Happy body • Food and nutrition
- Commented on by one person so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

When just an e-mail doesn’t work… try bad poetry. In public!

I humbly ask forgiveness
For what I did and didn't do
So now, my dearest Abby
Won't you please give back my shoe(s)?

P.S. -- I promise not to write any more bad poetic verses in your honor as soon as my shoes are returned

UPDATED 6/9/2005
It worked! I got my shoes back!

- Blathered by Adam on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 17:58 Permalink
- Filed under Grab bag • Wackiness • Personal
- Commented on by one person so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

Using your penis to highlight bad search engine practices

Let me start by saying that this is actually an at-least-somewhat serious entry about the relevance of search engine results. No, really!

There've been many jokes about how some search engines serve up ridiculously goofy results for some queries. Take Google's AdWords program, for instance, which has recently served up eBay ads for everything from Greed to Guilt ("Guilt for sale...")

I know eBay (and its affiliates) must bring a whole lot of moolah to Google, but this seems to me as disturbing as it is amusing. Whatever happened to AdWords' relevancy requirements?

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- Blathered by Adam on Sunday, April 10, 2005 at 14:00 Permalink
- Filed under Grab bag • Wackiness
- Commented on by 3 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

What the…?!—entertaining and strange photos from yours truly :)

After a bit of somewhat heavy, angsty musings, I figure it's a fine time for some photographic frivolity

Check out the 90 second slideshow of some weird, wacky, and wonderful photos I've taken and posted on Flickr.

Note that you can click on any photo during the slideshow to see a larger version and more details, and you can still pick up right where you left off.

- Blathered by Adam on Saturday, January 29, 2005 at 16:44 Permalink
- Filed under Grab bag • Wackiness • Photography
- Commented on by 2 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

One salesman that ain’t getting promoted any time soon

A phone call to me a few moments ago went like this:

SALESGUY: "Adam... on [name] street?"
ME: "Yep, that's me."
SALESGUY: "I'm calling about your Forbes Magazine subscription. Are you currently receiving this magazine at your address?"
ME: "Nope, and I really don't have any interest in it."
SALESGUY: "I sure don't blame you. Thanks, and have a good day."

- Blathered by Adam on Thursday, January 27, 2005 at 13:35 Permalink
- Filed under Grab bag • Wackiness
- Commented on by one person so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

My experience at a camp for swingers

Recently I attended a special weeklong camp for swingers.

Every night we swung in different rooms, swapping partners frequently. Sometimes we barely spoke a word, just motioning for someone to join us, or even just flashing them a smile and a come-hither look. Typically, most of our encounters lasted about 3-4 minutes, but occasionally they went on a bit longer. Sometimes slow and sultry, other times fast and furious... definitely a lot of variety!

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- Blathered by Adam on Saturday, January 15, 2005 at 22:30 Permalink
- Filed under Dancing • Grab bag • Wackiness • Personal
- Commented on by 10 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

Monday is coming up.

Argh.

(But I like Flickr!)

- Blathered by Adam on Sunday, December 12, 2004 at 22:23 Permalink
- Filed under Wackiness
- Commented on by one person so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

Google classifies sex abuse as Entertainment

Ah, the perils of relying on automated classification!

Mind you, I think Google News is quite impressive and useful overall; I'm just pointing out the blip above as example of how automated technologies can cause situations that are either particularly incongruous or even uncomfortable.

- Blathered by Adam on Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 18:58 Permalink
- Filed under Geekery • Wackiness • Google
- Commented on by 3 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

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