They didn't name the baby "Apple."
Or, as Michael points out, "Peach Pitt" would be one hell of a combination.
May 2006 Archives
OSCAR-WINNING actress Angelina Jolie has given birth to a daughter fathered by Hollywood movie star Brad Pitt.
A representative for the couple said Jolie, 30, gave birth to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie Pitt in Namibia, Africa.
Shiloh Jolie Pitt!?!! Oy... is there a requirement that movie stars have to pick dumb names?
Two letters. One appeals to the twin motivators of sentiment and greed, and the other... just plain old greed.
Hello dear,
I am Barrister Anthony Wesley (LLB), principal partner of Wesley Law Chamber Inc, London, United Kingdom. l am the personal attorney to an expatriate with Uk oil Development Company, United Kingdom who died in an auto crash along South Norwood Highway, London on the 21st of April 1999.
He deposited the sum of Five Million Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds in his fixed deposit account with a bank, here in London. All efforts to reach his relatives have proved abortive after his death,l am contacting you following the notice l received from his bank to present
his beneficiary or his account will be declared dormant and unclaimed based on their policy. This mandate compels me to present any of the family's relatives of my late client tohis bank.Since the decease is from your country and also bears same surname with you, l have contacted you to
assist in the claim/transfer of this money to you. I will prepare every necessary documentation as proof , furnish you with adequate information about my late client that will back you up in this claim and l shall provide all legal services to warrant the release of this money to you
within 10 working days after l must have filed in for claim in your favour.l am highly delighted and willing to work with you in this matter and will appreciate if you will acknowledge your interest by forwarding your full names, home address telephone and fax numbers to enable me apply
to his bank for commencement. A copy of my application l etter will be sent to you for your view, update and documentation.You shall be entitled to 35% of the Five Million Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds while
5% will be used for any expenditure incurred by you and l.
I look forward to your prompt reply.
Yours sincerely,
Anthony Wesley.
This is a new twist! No dead relatives? No widows of dictators?
Pleasant day,This is Quanzhoustore Company Ltd. We extract raw materials from Africa for production of textile and fabrics which we supply to our clients in the North American geographical region (United States) and Canada for cloth making.
Now are looking for some representatives over there who can help us receive payments from our customers.This wouldn't affect your present state of work though we are working on setting up some branches over there but for now we need someone who will be handling that aspect, We need people that are responsible and reliable.
Our main factory is located in Africa where we extract raw materials needed for the manufacturing of fabrics,
We are willing to pay $350 for any payment you receive and you can still keep your regular job while you work for us. All you will do is to receive payments from our customers over there.
When those payment deduct $350 and wire the rest to us. But sometimes the FBI gets involved encase someone tries to run with our money.We hope that is okay, If you are interested we will send you an employment letter which you are to sign and send back to me as soon as possible then you have to furnish us with those reqiuremants.
1.Your full name and full contact address.
2.Privite phone number and email address.
3.what do you do for a living presently?
ATTN: It wouldn't cost you any cent, you are to receive payments which will be sent to you from our business partners. Please if you are interested kindly mail us back.
Best regards
Thanks Quanzhoustore Company LTD.
We know you are capable to occuppy this position
Quanzhoustore: Swahilli for "All your money are belong to us, sucker?!?!"
What the hell is Howard Dean doing on the 700 Club?
And what the buggery bullocks is this wankery he's uttering?
With the Senate expected to vote on the federal marriage amendment in three weeks, supporters and opponents of marriage equality have been turning up the volume. Last week, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean also spoke out, and infuriated gays in the process.Dean appeared on The 700 Club – Pat Robertson's television show – Wednesday, May 10, in an effort to court Christian evangelicals who constitute the political base of the Republican Party. While on the show, Dean claimed that the Democratic Party platform said "marriage is between a man and a woman."
But that is not in fact what the platform says. Rather, it states, "We support full inclusion of gay and lesbian families in the life of our nation and seek equal responsibilities, benefits, and protections for these families." The platform, which was adopted at the 2004 convention in Boston, also supports the tradition of states defining their own marriage laws and opposes amending the U.S. Constitution to change that.
I'm really, really... I don't think disappointed begins to describe it.
What can he possibly hope to gain from this pandering?
"Jeff N Mattingly" sent me a spam today with the subject heading: "want to make a baby? lelomypu"
Via Jewschool comes a link to this rather vile little screed:
ear Jorge plans to address the nation tonight, a speech wherein he will almost surely attempt to deceive citizens into believing that he does not wish the mass migration from Mexico to continue unabated. He will likely offer some negligible resources for law enforcement and border security – resources which will never materialize – in return for an amnesty program that will grant American citizenship to the Mexican nationals who have helped lower America's wage rates by 16 percent over the last 32 years.And he will be lying, again, just as he lied when he said: "Massive deportation of the people here is unrealistic – it's just not going to work."
Not only will it work, but one can easily estimate how long it would take. If it took the Germans less than four years to rid themselves of 6 million Jews, many of whom spoke German and were fully integrated into German society, it couldn't possibly take more than eight years to deport 12 million illegal aliens, many of whom don't speak English and are not integrated into American society.
I know you're not supposed to call people like this "Nazis" — Godwin's Law and all — but it's so hard to resist when they're pretty much begging for it.
Oh, and by the way... WHO is lowering American wages? The workers, or the people who pay them, or perhaps the people who are running our economy into the ground (who, need I say, are very much NOT from Mexico?)
From USA Today (What is the opposite of a paper becoming the shadow of its former self? USA Today keeps surprising me with actual substance!)
The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans — most of whom aren't suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity, sources said in separate interviews.
Cody's Books, the venerable independent bookstore that has served generations of UC Berkeley students, has announced that it will close its flagship store on the south side of campus because of declining sales and competition from chain stores and the Internet.The store, on Telegraph Avenue, will close its doors on July 10 after 43 years.
"We have lost over $1 million attempting to keep the store open,'' said owner Andy Ross. "As a family business, we cannot continue to afford these ruinous losses.''
Ross said the store had been losing money for 15 years and that pressure from chain stores and the Internet had contributed to an "economic concentration in bookselling'' that was forcing out independent stores like Cody's.
"We leave Telegraph with great sadness but with a sense of honor that we have served our customers and community with distinction,'' Ross said.
Cody's two other, smaller stores -- on Fourth Street in Berkeley and on Stockton Street in San Francisco -- will remain open.
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates said he was "saddened but not surprised'' by the closure.
"It's a terrible blow for us,'' Bates said. "Cody's is an institution. But they've been struggling for years. It's just part of the changing times we live in. With the Internet and all the other innovations, these (stores) have all taken a hit.''
I have to admit I haven't been to Cody's much lately. I live in Oakland and work in San Francisco, so it's not easy for me to get over to Telegraph Avenue. But it's such a fabulous place. I generally buy books at Stacey's in the city, and while I like them a lot (and they are also independent!), they don't have the same atmosphere. I can wander into Cody's and spend half an hour browing the tables in the front of the store. I've gone to book readings there, like David Sedaris's a few years back (he brought a tip jar and told us that if we gave him $50 in change, he'd sing the "Oscar Meier Weiner" song for us. And he did!) When I was in graduate school, I was in that store all the time. Their computer book section was great at the time, not so great now, but generally, anything I've been looking for, they've carried.
I heard for years that the Internet was killing local independent bookstores, but it seemed in recent years that things had improved; that local stores had learned to fight back, with the BookSense website, loyalty programs, and just plain old being better. But it's difficult running a business on Telegraph; crime has gone up everywhere, and the Avenue is a scary place to be at night sometimes, especially since you have to park wherever you can and then walk to the store, often several blocks away. That probably didn't help.
So, farewell to Cody's this summer. Sure, Moe's Books is next door, and they're great too, but Telegraph has now become even less appealing a place to go than it was before...
Check out this one I got tonight from "JPChase Morgan&co":
Dear Chase Account Holder service!JPMORGAN CHASE is constantly working to increase
security for all Online Banking users. Due to the corruption of fraudstars online,we just made a suggestion about your 2006 SSL server,just to ensure that your personal account is well secured,to verify that your account have not been spammed by online fraudsters,Please confirm your banking details by following the link below...report fraudulent e-mail [MY ASS!]
If you have not activated Free Alerts and believe you might have received this message in error, please contact the Customer Center immediately at 1-877-CHASEPC.
Sincerely,
Online Banking Team
I just love that these idiots slipped up and called themselves "fraudstars." Honey, you wish.
Yesterday, I went to Stacey's Books in San Francisco and bought:
- Head Rush Ajax
- The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Your Baby From Birth to Age Two
- Vampire Loves
If the Department of Homeland Security or whoever is tracking our book purchases... boy, are they going to be confused by mine!
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