Entries from August 2005

Not can he rhomboid soybean

August 23, 2005

Yup, that’s the title of an email I got today: “Not can he rhomboid soybean”.
Pretty darned smart spammers. Who would resist opening an email with that title?
Bet ya can’t say “rhomboid soybean” three times real fast.
[Edited to say...]
Ben O. suggested I try making to a poem from the phrase, so I did:
Not can he [...]

Out of gas

August 17, 2005

So I came home yesterday and told my son: “I ran out of gas today”. He asked, “did you have to walk to the gas station?” I replied, “no, I drove to the gas station!”, and laughed.
That’s what you can do with a hybrid-electric vehicle like my Prius.
I mainly wanted to say what happens when [...]