Sunday, April 20, 2008

Snow White and the Seven Memory Cards

[I found this pitiful one-liner on the web and thought it formed the seed of a cute story, so I stretched it out into a better version.]
Snow White and the Seven Memory Cards
Christmas came and the dwarves together gave Snow White a digital camera along with a 1 GB memory card from each of them. She had so much fun taking pictures of the dwarves and the forest creatures that she just couldn't wait to print them for a secret scrap book project.
Alas, she had no printer and the city was far, far away; so Snow had to send her seven memory cards via seven carrier pigeons to the WalMart Supercastle at the far edge of the forest to have the photos printed. The birds returned that evening with seven claim tickets.
A few days later, Snow sent the carrier pigeons back with the claim tickets and the family MasterSignet. She waited anxiously until the birds again returned with seven claim tickets and a note that said the printer had malfunctioned and she should check again in a few days.
Snow, about ready to send an apple to the WalMart manager, again sent her seven bird friends to pick up her photos. Later, the birds returned yet again with the seven claim tickets and a note begging her forbearance. They had fixed the malfunction but had run out of ink, and she should try again in seven days.
This so disappointed Snow White that she wept. She had wanted to give seven little scrapbooks to the seven dwarves for New Year's Day, and now it wouldn't be possible.
Snow wept and wept, for she wanted so much to give a gift to her beloved seven little hosts.
One by one, the dwarves tried to console the fair ex patriot. Finally, even Grumpy felt compassion and he came to console her. "Don't worry, Snow White," he said. Some day, your prints will come."

Test Your Kids' MySpace Knowledge

http://www.komando.com/myspace

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Everything You Need to Know about Oprah.


Two clips on UTube show everything you need to know about Oprah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4LLwkgmqA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwGLNbiw1gk

One Act of Kindness

I read the other day that for every one critical thing you say to someone, you need to say at least five positive things; unless that someone is your spouse, in which case you'd better say at least twenty.
Whom you recognize can make a difference.

Sunday, April 06, 2008

The Risks We Take

The car driven by Jacqueline Saburido, age 20 at the time, was hit by a drunk driver. It caught fire. She was burned over 60 percent of her body. She survived. But her life was transformed forever.

WARNING: This video contains graphic images. They're not gratuitous. They have a purpose. But steer clear if you are sensitive to graphic imagery.

http://www.komando.com/videos/4-6.asp

Share this with your teens. Share this any friends or family who might be tempted to drink and drive. This isn't hokey. It isn't corny. It's reality. This is the risk you take with others' lives when you drive impaired or distracted.

Drunk driving contributed to more than 15,000 fatalities in 2006. Sometimes, they are the lucky ones.

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Nigerian Scammer Quits Scamming

This is wonderful news! The Nigerian criminals have given up scamming and gone into comedy!
In a message dated 4/1/2008 3:38:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, info101231@zworg.com writes:
THE BENEFICIARY.
FRAUD VICTIMS/ BENEFICIARIES.
OUR REF: XX110112AFRI1XX
YOUR REF:AFRIBANK11X88

Attention,

SCAM VICTIMS REIMBURSEMENTS PROGRAMME.

I write to bring to your notice as a delegate from the Nigerian Government eimbursement Committee under the strict supervision of the United Nations to pay you a Nigerian 419 scam victims the sum of $5.3M USD (Five Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) each. You are however listed as one of the beneficiaries for these payments.You are expected to get back to us for your immediate reimbursement.

As a result of this laudable recommedations,you are hereby informed that during the last U.N. meeting held in Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world on the loss of funds by various foreigners to the scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to redeem the good image of our country, the President has
Ordered the immediate payment of $5,3M USD in your Favour as an affected victims in accordance with the U.N. recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, these payments are to be made by AFRIBANK NIGERIA, Nigeria as the corresponding paying bank under the funding assistance of the Central Bank of Nigeria.Presently, 184 Beneficiaries have been paid, more than 50% of the victims are from the United States, while about 40% are from other parts of the world. Your particulars were among those mentioned by some of the Syndicates that were apprehended in Lagos, Nigeria as one of the victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to anybody for any reason whatsoever as the U.S. secret service in conjunction with The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has swange into action to track this criminals down.Once again,you are expected to keep it secret until these criminals are all apprehen!
ded.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) (Motto: No Body is above the Law) have combined effort with the United Nation Anti-crime Commission to alleviate the plight of these victims as well as redeeming the image of our dear country.Many Banks, Universal firms, Companies and individuals have been in bankrupcy today due to the activities of these hoodlums. However, a thorough investigation have revealed that
these people have dropped over 500,000 victims across the world, after collecting their money falsely,many as a result of this have committed suicide, while others are nowliving in abject poverty.As regards these ongoing developmental strive, we have over 200 suspects at hand, 135 in kirikri prisons.While many are awaiting trial, we are still in search of others, who think they are wise, and hope that you will assist by giving any vital information that could lead to the apprehension of these hoodlums.You can receive your reimbursement via any of these options you Choose,ATM CARD PAYMENTor WIRE TRANSFER. We shall be waiting to hearing from you been certain that your response will be that you are satisfied and willing to claim your $5.3M USD (Five Million three Hundred Dollars Only) reimbursement funds.

(ATM PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS):NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE, AGE AND OCCUPATION.

(WIRE REQUIREMENTS): NAME, AGE ,OCCUPATION, BANK, ACCOUNT NUMBER AND ROUTING OR SWIFT CODE.

A copy of your response is expected to be sent to the Director Payment
Department Mrs Gogo Ego on her Official email:
infopayment101@zworg.com


Yours faithfully,

Mr. Frank William
Processing/Transfer Officer,
FRAUD VICTIMS/ BENEFICIARIES DEPT.
AFRI BANK NIGERIA.