The crazy lady strikes again for Friday, August 11, 2006

I saw something else on AOL just now - advertising on eggs. Now, I think I've heard just about everything. Next thing you know, Blogit will start accepting ads in addition to charging us for a subscription. (Oops - maybe I'm giving them ideas or something.) Sign in to see full entry.

I just got done reading an AOL article about the man who won this year's World Series of Poker. He is now $12 million richer. He bluffed his sole remaining opponent into believing that he had a weaker hand than he really did, and the gambit worked. Now, don't get me wrong; second place netted the loser over $6 million, so he's apparently crying all the way to the bank, too. I don't particularly care even to learn poker. I enjoy such sedentary activities as reading, writing and surfing the... Sign in to see full entry.

There is a site on the Internet called GetHuman.com, which offers ways of getting in touch with an actual customer-service representative at various companies. This website originally started out as a blog. The author of that blog grew increasingly frustrated with the automated phone trees and voice-mail systems which are being used routinely in the corporate world, so he wanted to share the secrets he'd learned about how to get in touch with real live customer-service reps at the various... Sign in to see full entry.

Normally, because this touches on Catholicism, I'd deal with it in From Death Into Life. However, I regard this more as a news story than one touching on doctrinal issues; therefore, I felt it more appropriate to deal with it here. Apparently, Madonna is again in trouble with the Vatican. She is a lapsed Catholic who has turned to the practice of Kabbalah (basically a New Age version of Jewish mysticism, a revival of an ancient Jewish practice with a New Age flavor) in recent years. During her... Sign in to see full entry.

Everyone has heard by now of the new restrictions on carry-ons, although I bet you haven't heard about the fact that British Airways has banned carry-ons entirely, especially for flights to America. The only things Americans are allowed to carry on - at least the only liquids - are baby formula and liquid medications. The baby formula is more restricted; you need to have a baby on formula with you in order to get the liquid baby formula on board, or else you'll be forced to put it in the cargo... Sign in to see full entry.