LOL Spam

I've always been a fan of spam. No, not the canned meat-like product (ick!) but rather spam email. Running two blogs with a public email address, I get a fair share of it in my spambox every day. But before I click 'Delete All' I like to browse through the subject lines. Whether perverse, solicitative, absurd or just poorly spelled, they often give me a good giggle.

The daily spam read-through has always been a guilty pleasure of mine, and now I want to share it with you. After all, what is there to life if we can't use our resources to bring happiness and spam into the lives of others? So without further ado, here's a first installment of LOL Spam (don't worry, it's safe for work)(and all subject lines are [sic]):

1. Size is Always Matter
[SB: This one blows my mind a little. Newton never saw it coming!]
2. Jack looks for you for a week!
3. I worry about you..
[SB: For some reason, this one makes me a little sad. I think it's the unfinished ellipses. What do you think happened to the sender midway? Now -I'm- worried. Vicious cycle!]
4. Nothing matters except a big dong
5. Give your bomb longer timer
6. No Impotence
7. Your love torch wont blow out
8. Scientists found pervert genes
9. How to be Irressistible to Women - Sexually
10. How to Eliminate All Your Yacht or Boat Expenses NOW
[SB: Whew, I was wondering how I'd pay for my yacht.]
11. This crysis never ends
12. Mom called police, where were you?
13. Make your own gun of pleasure
14. Is Linda here?
15. Outrageous games of yuppie
[SB: Polo? Stock trading? Dog breeding?]
16. CIA prisons' photos!
17. Hideous surgery's victims
18. Most brutal children
19. Get better in making it with her
20. Answer. This. Letter!

Enjoyable? You betcha. Feel free to email me any great lines from your own spambox, and I'll post them next time.

Free Jewelry by Peggy Li Winner -- Update

Hey guys! The winner of the Peggy Li Jewelry giveaway contacted me to let me know she received her prize. I wanted to share her email with you (with her permission, of course):

Hi! I just wanted to let you know I love the Peggy Li necklace! It came in time for me to wear out with my husband on our anniversary- it was perfect! Thanks again for picking me!

MJ

You're welcome, MJ!

Enjoy your beautiful quartz necklace, handmade by Peggy Li.

World Blog Archive - Update

Since my last post, World Blog Archive has personally contacted me to inform me that the terms have been changed. That's pretty accommodating! Here are the old terms:

However, by posting your Content through the Service you automatically grant WorldBlogArchive a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive worldwide license to (i) use, publish, translate, adapt, distribute, perform, and display the Content alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or later developed, and to (ii) freely and fully sublicense such rights through single or multiple tiers of sublicensees.

Here are the new terms:

However, by posting your Content through the Service you automatically grant WorldBlogArchive a royalty-free, good until termination, non-exclusive worldwide license to use, publish, translate, adapt, distribute, perform, and display the Content alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or later developed.

Greg (who seems to be running things over there) is very receptive, open to communication and responds to inquiries in a timely manner. He even left me and my readers a comment on the last post, addressing my concerns--which means he takes the time to follow inbound links and read what people have to say (hi, Greg!). That's very respectable and thorough. So if you're thinking about publishing through them, but have some questions or reservations, I highly recommend shooting him at email at greg(a)worldblogarchive.com.

Glam Network Awards

Hey guys, it's that time again! Please show some love and support my meager efforts here at Style Bard by voting for me at the Glam Network Awards in the category of Fashion. You can vote once per day through April 13th, 2009. Just click on the link below to go to the voting page. Thank you! <3 SB

PhotoDally

For the record? When Facebook can't load a photo and it gives you this:



It is called a "photodally" ... as if the picture is just dallying, taking it's damn sweet time and smelling the daisies along the side of a 6-lane highway.

Those three fluctuating blue bars are the bane of Facebook. There's no sense of progress. There's no explanation. There's no estimate of how long you'll be waiting for the page to load. It just tells you, quite stoically: "You are not frozen. You are not frozen. You Are. Not. Frozen." (Even though it's essentially the same thing.) You click forward--and then back, aha!--but no, it has outsmarted you. It's still dallying. And dallying. And dallying.

And you just know it's the exact picture you came here to see, the one where all your friends are tagged, you look super hot, it's labeled with a pithy caption, and a slew of in-joke commentary is waiting to be read underneath. But it just...won't...GRR...open!

I think the photodally is a depiction of what the inside of Lennie Small's head looks like when he's confronted with a non yes-or-no question.

So: photodally. Don't ask me why, it's just called that. And I thought you should know, so we're all on the same page when we're lamenting and filing grievances. You're welcome.

P.S. I tried to get it to happen within an album, where it most frequently occurs. But this one time I could go through every album without a dally. What the hell? Because I was looking for it, of course. Sigh. You win, Facebook.

I'll update with that pic the next time I get one. Or if one of you encounters it before I do, feel free to send the screen pic my way. Thanks!