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Ah yes, to live in a college town.  Our local paper reported that a couple of construction signs near UT were hacked, displaying funny messages as seen above.  I love the fact the traffic controller, Bruce Jones, gave high praise to the hacker:

“He speculated that the hacker could be a computer genius from UT.”

Though I agree this is a bit childish, I can appreciate the humor behind such pranks.  It is good to know that Austin is not only known to be a wierd UT football town but also for our evil computer geniuses that hack contruction signs. Go Austin!

I ran into this article that made me laugh:
Top five things to hate about Facebook
What it spoke about are things that I am guilty of doing and admit are annoying, but what was funny was the following statement found in the article:

It promises much, and delivers so little. Like a semi-erection big enough to be a publicly embarrassing lump, but not large enough to be of any use to anyone whatsoever.

It reminded me of a statement I once heard in a meeting:

A good networking tool is like porn, you know what you like when you see it.

Both statements are cool refreshing analogies desperately needed in otherwise useless reports. Thank you for the perverse humor, I get a chuckle out of it every time.

So I got my latest issue of Men’s Fitness and in there was a list of the fittest cities with Colorado Springs leading the way.  Many examples provided such as how a social meet up at CS means meeting at a trail-head is very true.  But you see, it was because I was there blasting on the trails.  Give me a year or so and you will find Austin on the list.

We all know about the Nigerian scam letter, which looks something like this one:

My Dear

Greetings,I know this mail may come to you as a surprise,I am Barrister Mussa Issah the solicitor/counsel to the late Sanni Abacha who was then before his death, the President/Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Just yesterday his widow wife Mrs. Mariam Abacha called to intimate me of the condition of her family over the pursuance of fund by the Government over the husbands alleged loot.

In fact, She conferred in me that her son was working with a German National only for the German to take advantage of the situation, there by setting her son up in Germany where he went to claim his father deposit. You can verify this fact your self through the German Embassy over an alleged Abacha’s Son, Mr. Abba Abacha trying to pull out the sum of (US$40 M) Forty Million Dollars from the Bank.

At this point in time, She solicited my humble self to look for a reputable gentleman who will be of great assistance to the family and somebody who can take over the sum of $27M (Twenty Seven Million United States Dollars Only)which is presently deposited in a Security Company, for investment. I will later on the course of this transaction disclosed to you the Security Company accordingly.

If you will be interested to act upon on receipt of this mail, please do contact me on the enlisted contact adress and more so be kind to issue me with your current Telephone Number for prompt conversation.

Thanks for your sincere understanding while looking forward to your positive response/cooperation.

Regards,
Barrister Musa Issah

Well a person turned the tables on the scammer by offering a $100 per handwritten page of a Harry Potter book. The email exchange is hilarious.

Kicking back after soccer practice, I scan the HD channels to see what would be fun to watch. CW had this absolutely hilarious show called the Reaper which was about a man who discovered that his parents had sold his soul to the Devil. Sam, the lead character, must hunt down escaped souls for the devil while holding down a mundane job at a Home Depot look-a-like. What makes this show click is not Sam but the supporting cast. Sock, a co-worker and best friend, is by far the best scene stealer yet. His comedy is very Jack Black and he seemed natural in his delivery. The show is a cross between Ghost Busters and Employee of the Month. That is not saying much but surprisingly Reaper pulls it off with some flair. I finally have a reason to turn on the TV on Tuesday nights. Kind of sad, but oh well.