Schools in my area are closed today, and no bus service.
Assorted weather issues for Broward –
Tag Archives: psa
7340 – Sakes. Why isn’t this more widely publicised yet?
7721 – House check day!
Well second life is fun, but I guess it doesn’t support dial-up users so much. Still free to join, though for any high-speeders out there. Look up Scottobear Bergson if you’re out and about!
Checking out the Deerfield place today after work. I’m pretty enthused… as long as the walls don’t drip blood, I’m probably in.
Copied from annina_writes
Pass it on!!! Fake Red Cross Solicitations!
ABC news just ran a story that spoof email solicitations for donations to the Red Cross are being emailed to people all over the world. They look just like the Red Cross, right down the to secure site verify logo. If you fill your personal info into the form, which was ripped from the genuine Red Cross site, and then click on the donate button, you’ve been had; the bad guys have your credit card information. To make it worse, victims are then forwarded to the real Red Cross site, which makes it look even more genuine.
The bottom line? The Red Cross has stated categorically that they NEVER send email solicitations. Never! If you get something like described above, delete it. You may want to forward it first to the FTC’s spoof address [UCE@ftc.gov]. If the crooks are in the U.S. they can be prosecuted, and others turned into the authorities in their respective governments. Thus far spoofs have been traced to third parties in Brazil, Korea, China, and the US. Note: If you forward the emails to the authorities, please copy the addressing information (found in the Message Options in Outlook…click on View, then Message Options, then copy and paste the Internet Headers area).
Please take a moment to pass this on to people in your flist! Thanks!
You may have time to download ’em all before Halloween. I suppose I should switch to the October website colors and background soon.
The Voice of Vince – Selected OTR shows starring Vincent Price (Including classic episodes of Suspense!). There is a boatload of ’em. (Presented by The Crime in your Coffee [Not work safe])
Dedicated to all the teachers that read my journal… Danny, Firpo, Kerby, The Turtle Whisperer, Pilar, Huertero, and the rest. Careful of the Johnny’s out there!
No time to transcribe, but suffice to say that Jordan’s precocious and swingin’ ode to apple-polishing one ups Van Halen in every way. “Can you take what I can shake”? Indeed!
1 year ago – Work power out, disco-hitler, Ivan, WoW, Chocolate 3-d printer, making fiends, America’s army, Giant strip-miner of dooom,
2 years ago – Meredith moves out, Frankie mooch’s wank machine, saw Ray-I, Dubai-mail, some cool links
3 years ago – Got dave into mage knight, Saw Mark Archilla, 12 dragons smells of cat pee, I got some perfect pre-dyed sheets.
4 years ago – If I were, nice night, purple monkey dishwasher
5 years ago – rant and UB-X
7702 – “I Don’t Wanna See Anybody Give Any More Goddamn Press Conferences”
CNN just sent out the full transcript of the New Orleans Mayor’s emotional and (understandably) expletive-laden interview on local radio yesterday: “excuse my French everybody in America, but I am pissed.”
Continue reading 7702 – “I Don’t Wanna See Anybody Give Any More Goddamn Press Conferences”
7701 -PSA – contact your representatives.
In response to the disintegrating scene in New Orleans, Kevin points out that email, faxes, and phone calls are needed — not just money.
All it takes is for you, and others you can reach by email or journal, to contact your two senators and congressperson and demand immediate action as begged for by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. When Mayor Nagin was asked how we can help, he said contact your Senators and Congressperson now. Here is a site you can just click on your state or put in your zip code to reach a link for a form email to go to your Senators and Congressperson. If you do not have time to do an email, feel free to use the one I give you below.
Please take 5 minutes:
- Email your Senators and your Congressperson(s)
- What to say? Use your own words or cut and paste this: New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin needs the federal government’s help today. He has told me through the media that people are dying by the hundreds, his police are being overrun and that he needs troops & lots of them, he needs buses (500 or more), he needs health care support and he needs water and food. Things in New Orleans are worse today than yesterday. The President is traveling to the gulf today and ending his day in New Orleans. Please contact him and tell him he, with your support, needs to act today to help Mayor Nagin and the people of New Orleans.
- Tell the White House directly at: comments@whitehouse.gov
- Spread the word by email or journal; pass on this message
7698 – Help critters, too!
The U.S. Humane Society is making a plea for donations for Katrina animal victims, too. Banner above takes you to donation page. If you do not have extra money, passing this on through your journal or website is helping, too.
via juliabee – More info in this entry
7696 – The squirrel is right.
7542 – sexual predator link page test
Protected: 6952 –
6894 – please vote, and don't eat corpses with wasabe.
Fellow Americans, if you haven’t yet registered to vote, or need to re-register due to a change of address or legal name, please go here:
Online form. Takes all of two minutes, if that. Seriously.
Print it, sign it, slap a stamp on it (and maybe a piece of tape) and you’re good to go. You don’t even need an envelope.
Do it right now, if you can. Many states have early October deadlines to register. That’s just two weeks away.
If you’re not sure whether or not you’re registered, you’re probably not. Register again.
I don’t care whether we’re voting for the same guy or not.
Just register and vote, k?
It ain’t a right, it’s a responsibility.
Thanks.
Also, For people without printers: 7-11 stores are carrying piles of voter registration forms.
American citizens overseas who need to request absentee ballots can get information on how to do that (including the standard federal form to request them) at http://www.fvap.gov/ – that site will point you to state election sites for voters in the US.
Shaft in Africa soundtrack. THE Brother Man in the Motherland! I only hope the Luke Cage Soundtrack will have as much funk.
Coolgov – “The basic premise is this: the U.S. government provides lots of neat resources, more and more of which can be found on the internet. Basically, we’re just going to try and find the coolest stuff there is and post it here. ” check out the picture of ivan taken from the ISS!
Man Exhumes and Eats Grandson’s Corpse Continue reading 6894 – please vote, and don't eat corpses with wasabe.
6894 – please vote, and don’t eat corpses with wasabe.
Fellow Americans, if you haven’t yet registered to vote, or need to re-register due to a change of address or legal name, please go here:
Online form. Takes all of two minutes, if that. Seriously.
Print it, sign it, slap a stamp on it (and maybe a piece of tape) and you’re good to go. You don’t even need an envelope.
Do it right now, if you can. Many states have early October deadlines to register. That’s just two weeks away.
If you’re not sure whether or not you’re registered, you’re probably not. Register again.
I don’t care whether we’re voting for the same guy or not.
Just register and vote, k?
It ain’t a right, it’s a responsibility.
Thanks.
Also, For people without printers: 7-11 stores are carrying piles of voter registration forms.
American citizens overseas who need to request absentee ballots can get information on how to do that (including the standard federal form to request them) at http://www.fvap.gov/ – that site will point you to state election sites for voters in the US.
Shaft in Africa soundtrack. THE Brother Man in the Motherland! I only hope the Luke Cage Soundtrack will have as much funk.
Coolgov – “The basic premise is this: the U.S. government provides lots of neat resources, more and more of which can be found on the internet. Basically, we’re just going to try and find the coolest stuff there is and post it here. ” check out the picture of ivan taken from the ISS!
Man Exhumes and Eats Grandson’s Corpse Continue reading 6894 – please vote, and don’t eat corpses with wasabe.
6855 – office secure/ Hurricane Frances PSA
Ok, Office is disassembled, network secure, and everything is safe there.
Now to research what to do for myself.
Hurricane Frances Information Hotline 954-831-4000
Broward County Mayor Ilene Lieberman announced at a media conference today at 8:00 a.m. the following action Broward County residents and visitors should take in preparation for Hurricane Frances.
• In anticipation of a hurricane warning later today and an in an abundance of caution, a mandatory evacuation has been ordered effective 2:00 p.m. today for the Barrier Islands and all mobile homes. Residents are strongly urged to evacuate. Voluntary evacuations can take place at any time.
• A recommended evacuation has been ordered for those areas east of US1 and for those residents who live on tidal bodies of water. [that’s me. I’m looking into pet-friendly hotels now.]
• Red Cross shelters will open at 2:00 p.m. today. Buses will begin running to assist with the evacuation at approximately 1:45 p.m. along A-1-A.
• Those persons who need to evacuate should first attempt to stay with friends or relatives outside the evacuation zone. The Red Cross Shelters will be available for those that need a safe refuge.
• Shelter guidelines:
– Shelters are a place of refuge only
– No pets are permitted in shelters – a list of pet friendly hotels is posted on the web site
– No smoking is permitted
– Items to bring: medication, battery-operated radio, special diet foods, baby food, personal items, pillows and blankets
– Shelter location information is available on the Broward County web site www.broward.org or by calling the Hurricane Hotline at 954-831-4000
• The Broward County special needs shelters will also open at 2:00 p.m. today. These shelters are for people who have special health care needs and require assistance. Residents in need have pre-registered and will be notified by telephone this morning to schedule transportation.
• There are approximately 17,000 visitors to Broward County staying in hotels in the evacuation area. Hotels in western Broward County are at capacity. Our Red Cross shelters are available as refuge for our visitors.
• Travelers should call the airlines before arriving at the airport to ensure that their flights are still scheduled.
• Port Everglades closed at 8:00 a.m. this morning to all vessel traffic including cargo and cruise ships.
• Homeless persons in Broward County should seek shelter at any of the Red Cross shelters or at the four shelters designated specifically to assist homeless persons. The shelters are:
Broward Outreach Center, 2056 Scott St., Hollywood, 954-926-7417
Salvation Army Lodge, 1445 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-524-6991
Central Homeless Assistance Center, 920 N.W. 7th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-779-3990
North Homeless Assistance Center, 1700 Blount Rd., Pompano Beach 954-979-6365
• All Broward County offices are closed today, as well as all public schools.
6846 – Charities
I just heard the following quote:
“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.”
–Luther Burbank, (1849-1926), American Naturalist
I’m curious about charities, and how people help one another lately.
My thing is giving blood, and doing the job I do… that’s where I get the majority of my fulfillment from doing good works.
I’m curious… what do people who read my journal do to make the world a better place?
I know I have a few really nice folks that stop by. Its fun to interact with everyone, and I’ve learned quite a lot from people that are (amongst other things) parents, naturalists, social workers and teachers.
If you see this, and you’re of a mind, let me know about what you might’ve done to help make the world a better place. Do you volunteer your time? Give money to an organization? If you’re shy about that sort of stuff, feel free to post anonymously (I’ll unscreen anony entries, once I’m sure they’re not spam). I’m looking to see what manner of bases are typically covered.
Some of the big ones in my immediate vicinity seem to be:
Hurricane Relief
The Homeless
AIDS
Cancer
Missing Kids
Battered / Abused Women & Children
The Environment
Animal Welfare
The Hungry people overseas
Planned Parenthood
Something I rarely hear about anymore is Zero Population growth… is that viewed as selfish, these days?
6822 Thank goodness it's Saturday.
Made it through another week!
I don’t know why I drew this guy… it just sort of doodled itself.
Did Laundry, and gave the cab driver some much needed schooling on how to do his job, including the art of pulling into the driveway, and giving him the tip of “next time, offer to help with my double armload of things, or at least offer to help with the door. I’m usually a good tipper, but now you get nothing.” And paid his exact fare in laundry quarters. He cussed me out as he drove off, so I called the cab company, and reported him for his poor behavior.
Up late, slept late… there wasn’t even any rain for me last night, unlike so much of the regions North –
Orlando Sentinel’s Blogging of what happened – copied here for future reference
6822 Thank goodness it’s Saturday.
Made it through another week!
I don’t know why I drew this guy… it just sort of doodled itself.
Did Laundry, and gave the cab driver some much needed schooling on how to do his job, including the art of pulling into the driveway, and giving him the tip of “next time, offer to help with my double armload of things, or at least offer to help with the door. I’m usually a good tipper, but now you get nothing.” And paid his exact fare in laundry quarters. He cussed me out as he drove off, so I called the cab company, and reported him for his poor behavior.
Up late, slept late… there wasn’t even any rain for me last night, unlike so much of the regions North –
Orlando Sentinel’s Blogging of what happened – copied here for future reference