My latest wrong number scammer put up a valiant attempt at sticking to the script, but ultimately failed in the key principle of improv: “Yes, and…” You see, in improv, you always take what the other person gives you and then build on that. You don’t go off on tangents, and you don’t contradict theContinue reading “Stick to the Script!”
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Scammy Oysters
From Alice in Wonderland, in “The Walrus and the Carpenter” poem regarding the oysters: “And thick and fast they came at last, and more and more and more!” This describes my current week with the wrong number scammers, but one had a notable difference. Instead of following the playbook as usual, they went rogue andContinue reading “Scammy Oysters”
Typooooo!
I feel compelled to document errors on ads for gaming apps. Of course, I’m torn—it’s like wanting to tell a bot or scammer what they did wrong to point out their mistakes but at the same time not wanting them to fix things which would make it harder for us to figure out what’s aContinue reading “Typooooo!”
Another Improv Attempt
Those wrong numbers just keep coming! I decided to be Anna and even have AI creat a photo of “me.” They gave up after that.
I Do Believe in Ghosts!
I’ve had some brushes or encounters with the mystical and supernatural which have led me to believe in a metaphysical world that a phenomenon we would call “ghosts” exist. One morning, while preparing to go out, an object suddenly fell off the shelf in the bedroom closet. I felt no earthquake (it was in California)Continue reading “I Do Believe in Ghosts!”
Sniffing Name Tags
The title comes from my description of a certain behavior I often witnessed at conferences. Two conference attendees are approaching each other in a hotel hallway or on the exhibit floor. One of the attendees (the distance determined by their eyesight) looks at the other’s face. If they do not immediately recognize the person, theyContinue reading “Sniffing Name Tags”
Who Owns the Flag?
Many so-called patriots proudly fly their American flags all the time—on their houses and properties, on their trucks, on their clothing. They want to prove how proud they are to be Americans, and the deep connection they have with the symbol of their country. I too have a strong link to that piece of cloth.Continue reading “Who Owns the Flag?”
More Mobile Game Ad BS
I continue to rail against the ads that appear when I play certain games. These continue to astound me in their ridiculousness, and I would think that, in most businesses, they would have no success or people would be fired. But maybe no one really cares anymore. The first ad I want to mention appearedContinue reading “More Mobile Game Ad BS”
Comme Ci Comme Ca
My last blog post railed against universities cracking down on protestors; I’m following that up by attacking free speech in the form of these ridiculous spam texts I keep getting. This person didn’t even try to address me pretending to be the person in Miami there were supposedly contacting. He/She just went right for theContinue reading “Comme Ci Comme Ca”
Campuses: WTF?
When I arrived at Berkeley in 1985, I saw a makeshift shantytown on the campus. It called attention to apartheid in South Africa and sparked my awareness of that situation and of politics in general. I mean, the campus was steeped in political protest since the free speech movement decades earlier had ignited a trend—thatContinue reading “Campuses: WTF?”
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