Ex Bibliotheca

The life and times of Zack Weinberg.

Thursday, 18 July 2002

# 10:35 PM

funniest spam in some time

Subject: FREE TICKET TO HEAVEN!
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:45:08
GUARANTEED! NO RISK! NO GIMMICKS! NO OBLIGATION! ABSOLUTELY FREE & ALREADY PAID FOR! To receive your FREE TICKET TO HEAVEN delivered by the U. S. Postal Service, simply contact us and give us your name and complete mailing address including ZIP CODE & COUNTRY.
CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER: 877-655-4557--OPEN 24 HOURS! or
EMAIL IT TO: Free_Ticket_2002@lycos.com, OR
WRITE US AT: P. O. BOX 720791, Orlando, Florida, 32872, USA, or
FAX IT TOLL FREE TO: 888-299-7532, OR
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE USA, CALL US AT 407-207-7971.

(1,000,000 SENT IN MEMORY OF ETTA CAYWOOD (1917-2002))

I am almost tempted to arrange a postal dropbox and send it to them, just to see what happens.

music

Bought from both Amoeba and Rasputin, this time. They have near-complementary used CD collections.

The Alarm: Standards and Eye of the Hurricane.
The Art of Noise: Daft.
Big Country: Live in Cologne.
Blue Öyster Cult: Heaven Forbid.

I'm listening to the Big Country album right now; it's good.

# 8:05 PM

John Gilmore is suing the government for the right to travel anonymously. Good for him. I wish I could help.

Bank of America has finally developed enough clue to realize that they should offer their online bill payment service for free. This comes just in time for this month's cycle of bills.