Frequent readers of this blog recall I like to reproduce text chats with “wrong number callers” for your amusement value. One of my friends commented that many of these correspondents are likely AI. This is probably true of the one I received yesterday. This illustrates my lack of concern for AI taking over the world.Continue reading “You Gotta Be AI-Kidding Me!”
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Threesome (Part 2)
I was beset and besieged by 2 wrong number scammers at once. The first one kept denying there was a script while staying on it.
Threesome! (Part 1)
Or four… Nana, Erin, Erin2, and me. Two simultaneous wrong number chats. The second to arrive sent me two photos of her: I think you’ll agree they’re not the same person. So, epic fail. The best part of this was, I complimented her on her hairstyle which the first started with. Might as well useContinue reading “Threesome! (Part 1)”
Let’s Art!
I saw this as the headline and beginning of a New York Times article and wanted to spread the word of this approach my endorsement.
Forget the Ruse…Back to the Script
When I started to get the wrong number text scams, they at least tried to stay on script for awhile. Now, the present the introduction and—violating the first rule of improv—say, “Yes, but” to themselves. There’s no continuity to the idea that this is a wrong number…unless they are psychic and read my mind toContinue reading “Forget the Ruse…Back to the Script”
Stephen/Not Stephen
Sometimes the wrong number texters really let me play. Well, they don’t let me; they prompt me. And when I prompt them to insult me in obscure ways, even better. (Read to the end for your new favorite insulting epithet.)
Another Overused Word
In the past I’ve railed against “unprecedented” and “disrupt.” Let’s now take aim at “broken.” This came up because the other day a health care professional used the phrase, “It’s broken.” This was not in reference to a limb but rather, as I recall, some aspect of the healthcare system. And at that moment, hearingContinue reading “Another Overused Word”
Jokes About Jesus
Okay, just one. One of my favorite jokes comes from the wilds of West Virginia. One day, Jesus walks into a bar, nods to the bartender, and selects a barstool at the far end of the establishment. One of the patrons, sitting at the bar with his arm in a cast from a recent break,Continue reading “Jokes About Jesus”
List My Work History
Buckle up and get your reading glasses–this is a long one. Recently someone insinuated that, since I spent my life in academia, I didn’t know anything about working real jobs. (It was phrased in terms of never wearing steel-toed shoes.) So I thought I’d compile a list of all my work experiences in and outContinue reading “List My Work History”
WhatsUpp??
For awhile now, I’ve been documenting the “wrong number” scam. They text me, suggesting I’m someone they know and, when I say I’m not that person, they follow their script, apologizing and then asking questions to “know me better.“ The middle game seems to be to get connected on WhatsApp or Telegram, but lately they’veContinue reading “WhatsUpp??”
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