News You Can Bruise for 2002 June 12

Spam: "Caution! Use of This Product Will Increase Productivity & Lower Legal Research Costs."

Apparently you can prepend "Caution!" to any arbitrary sentence.

Caution! In the battle between mindless dreck and totalitarianism, back the dreck. The protagonists of Meteor Garden are also a Taiwanese boy band whose nonthreatening, shaggy-haired charm is giving the Chinese Communist Party fits. Good for them. The best quote:

Some companies play a sly game, lobbying propaganda officials to ban competitors' shows for ideological reasons when the real reason is their popularity.

(found on Brink Lindsey's weblog)

Oh, I forgot to mention that the other day I got a telemarketer call from CapitalOne. You know, the credit card company that runs those commercials in which people complain about telemarketers--the solution: CapitalOne! Apparently the telemarketers only stop once you buy their product. Or once you demand to be put on the no call list.

The new guy's not going to last very long.

Elise on Peter's:

It seems that Leonard and Sumana aren't ordering the correct things at Peter's Cafe. Breakfast is a delightful meal there once you figure out that you must order either the Swedish pancakes, or the Apple Baby German pancake. And they are best eaten at 2 or 3 am.

What Is This 'Core Competency' Of Which You Speak?: From a spam (how'd you guess?):

Printer Supplies
&
Brand Name Perfumes

"If it's particulate, we've got it!"