beautiful crispy frosty morning
no terrorists around here
nor black helicopters
dog, cats, chickens OK
great landlords across the way
clear sky still painted with sunrise oranges and blues
Iranian? Syrian? Russian? Chinese? NKorean?
You tell me:
If none of the nationalities in the post title are included, tell me why not.
Facebooker, Beware
At least be careful.
Well, at least, make sure you have up-to-date anti-virus software on your computer(s).
| Destructive Koobface virus turns up on Facebook
Facebook’s 120 million users are being targeted by a virus dubbed “Koobface” that uses the social network’s messaging system to infect PCs, then tries to gather sensitive information such as credit card numbers. It is the latest attack by hackers increasingly looking to prey on users of social networking sites. […] McAfee warned in a blog entry on Wednesday that its researchers had discovered that Koobface was making the rounds on Facebook. […] “People tend to let their guard down. They think you’ve got to log in with an account, so there is no way that worms and other viruses could infect them,” Boyd said. […] McAfee has not yet identified the perpetrators behind Koobface, who are improving the malicious software behind the virus in a bid to outsmart security at Facebook and MySpace. |
Alternate solution: Cease and desist from using Facebook.
And that’s my best offer. 😆
Sadd and Madd
Was it staged or was it real?! 🙄
| School’s SADD funds used to stage drunken party
Drunken teenagers at a party funded by a high school’s anti-drink-driving group have trashed a rural Southland hall. Bottles were thrown at passing cars and into a children’s playground during the out-of-control party, organised by high school pupils using money from the St Peter’s College SADD Students Against Driving Drunk committee, last Friday. |
I wonder what MADD has to say about the matter. (No, I don’t; otherwise, I’d Google the matter.)
Maybe this whole episode was a SADD test. After all, how will you know who’s against driving drunk unless you find out which drunks refuse to drive?
Still…to think SADD organized a drinking party…. 😯
Adding to Tests
What a great idea!
Why did I not think of it while I was teaching school??? 🙁
| Ads on tests add up for teacher
Tom Farber gives a lot of tests. He’s a calculus teacher, after all. So when administrators at Rancho Bernardo, his suburban San Diego high school, announced the district was cutting spending on supplies by nearly a third, Farber had a problem. At 3 cents a page, his tests would cost more than $500 a year. His copying budget: $316. But he wanted to give students enough practice for the big tests they’ll face in the spring, such as the Advanced Placement exam. “Tough times call for tough actions,” he says. So he started selling ads on his test papers: $10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, $30 for a semester final. San Diego magazine and The San Diego Union-Tribune featured his plan just before Thanksgiving, and Farber came home from a few days out of town to 75 e-mail requests for ads. So far, he has collected $350. His semester final is sold out. |
Maybe I’ll try to buy an ad for Anabaptist Bookstore or Reaching Out Magazine.
Inspirational Texting
Today, among things for which I’m thankful, is this:
| Audio Bible Sent Via Text Message
In the U.S. alone, people send around 530 million text messages every single day. Faith Comes By Hearing, the world’s foremost Audio Bible ministry, is now using text messaging to deliver God’s Word in audio. By texting “BIBLE” to 80672, people can have the encouraging Word of God sent directly to their mobile phone. Once subscribed, people will receive a chapter a day of the Audio Drama Bible. In less than a year, people can listen through the entire New Testament. |
I haven’t tried it yet, but it seems like a great idea.
Ten Cents!
As I passed the 76 station at Blackman’s Corner on my way into the Molalla Post Office yesterday morning, I noticed the price for a gallon of regular gasoline: $1.899.
Wonderful! It seems like not so long ago they were over $4.20 a gallon.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
On my way home about twenty minutes later I passed the same station.
$1.799
😀