Cory Doctorow: On a forum for student doctors working in emergency rooms, a thread for "lessons learned from my patients," oscillating between the sobering to the uproarious:
One thing I've learned from 3 EM rotations is: Stay away from people named "Some Guy" or "This One Dude", because they for whatever reason, just punch someone in the face or hit them with a crowbar and run off. If I see them on the street, I cross the street to get away from them...
Never, ever leave flashlights, shampoo bottles, beer bottles or any long, circular object on the floor because someday you will fall on it and it will somehow, work its way up your rectum.
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also, Pac Man ass tatoo Not work-safe.
...and...
Wasp performs roach-brain-surgery to make zombie slave-roaches. How cool is that?
You guys might have seen this already, but I found it quite moving:
Georgetown law students walk out on Alberto Gonzales.
Shipment Date: Jan 31, 2006 Estimated Arrival: Jan 10, 2006 Do I have to pay extra for that?
Not if you haven't already gotten it.
zombie slave-roaches.
That is indeed deeply cool. And disgusting. But deeply cool. And it's not doing a thing to change my fear and loathing of all things wasply either.
Hey Tom, the local news just did a piece on the scam with sending a seller a cashier's check for higher than the sale amount and asking for a refund of the difference.
Hey Tom, the local news just did a piece on the scam with sending a seller a cashier's check for higher than the sale amount and asking for a refund of the difference.
Heh.
Did they say what the best approach was? I was torn between sending the guy a profanity-laden email, or just ignoring him. I chose the latter, and it seemed to work.
I thought about notifying law enforcement, but at that point the guy had yet to do anything illegal.
I'm not sure I get the scam - is it money laundering, or something?
It's where they send you a fake money order, cashier's check, etc for more than the amount of the item and shipping, so you refund them the difference.
Here's a site with warnings about various scams: [link]
