ION, I was attacked on the way home from work. By a boy of about three, who was armed with a four-foot long stick, about one inch thick. He took a definite swing at me, but he swung too soon and missed.
At least the kid's father was on hand to put a stop to it (and the kid was a little small to be dangerous). I was once walking past an apartment complex with a bunch of 8 to 10 year old kids playing on the lawn. One of them threw a glass bottle at the back of my head and missed me by inches (hearing the wind over a bottleneck noise out of nowhere folllowed by glass shattering in front of you, not the most fun experience). The kids all thought this was hilarious and I didn't have a clue which one had done it or where anyone parental-like could be found to complain to.
Sumi, yes. I was pretty sure it would happen unless
it was an actor availability issue.
I was informed via post today that I have won $615,810.00 USD in the El Gordo Loteria Primitiva International Sweepstake Lottery. If I don't claim it by 31 March 2005, all funds will revert back to the Spanish governments already overripe coffers.
I wonder how quickly I can fax back my complete personal information, including all pertinent bank account information to their office in Madrid (at international calling rates), so that they may wire the pleasingly large sum of money directly into my account.
Don't forget the $50,000 transaction fee that will be repaid in full once they transfer the money, Sean! You wouldn't want to miss out on your big win on a technicality.
That was snail mail, Sean?
Oooh, yeah! Thanks for the reminder, Heather!
I should go sell every little thing I own in the world to make absolutely certain the $50,000 is already in the account for them to withdraw, thus preventing any possible hiccups in the soon to come great fountain of money pouring over my head.
That was snail mail, Sean?
Yes! It came via actual mail!
That's how I know it's legit.
I wonder how quickly I can fax back my complete personal information, including all pertinent bank account information to their office in Madrid (at international calling rates), so that they may wire the pleasingly large sum of money directly into my account.
If I guess right, will you share it with me?
I just had a very cool thing happen -- I run a small forum that lets my extended family plan the use of our shared Canada properties online. A couple of weeks ago, we got a really weird request to join from a Yahoo account in Germany. We just got this email:
I was surfing surching for my "roots" and so I found this site. I bet we are relatives because [name] is not a common family name. I am 16 years old and I live in Germany, in Wuppertal near Cologne.
Our family is originaly from Nieheim (Westphalia). My greatgrandfather [name] and his family fled before the Holocaust to the Dominican Republic. My grandmother ([name]) still lives there. My dad ([name])left the D.R. 26 years ago to study in Germany. That is how the [name] name came home again. :)
My dad is aware of other [name]s in the USA, such as the Cincinnatti "branch" and the San Francisco "branch". If I'am allowed to ask you a question: Is your family still jewish? And if yes, how is the life in Canada or America (I don't know where you live) as a jewish family? I'm realy interested whether we are relatives and how we are related too!
The Cincinnati branch is my mom's family, and the San Fransisco "branch" is my uncle. Apparently there are also some in Toronto. Neat!
Wow, Sean. You sure are both lucky and special.
Jessica, that is really cool.
