Saturday, 28 May 2011

How @mezmerrett became a Twelebrity overnight


On the 24th of May 2011, Mez Merrett sent out a brilliant tweet:

If you prefer TWITTER over FB then please retweet, i'm trying to show @Jessmayporter how far one tweet can actually go, Thanks for helping

Mez has a hot avatar and bio, so does Jessika. The tweet is hot too: it's got the right words (please, trying, actually, Thanks, helping), the right emphasis (TWITTER, FB), and it's perfectly retweetable: 138 characters so the only quick way to RT it is Twitter old-style (or is that new-style now?): literally repeat as-is

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

The thick clueless layer of Fedex

(How FedEx FeXed me)


The picture is very appropriate: it is the cube grenade I ordered at Hugh MacLeod's @gapingvoid gallery
It shows company hierarchy as we know it: sociopaths on top, losers at the bottom, and a thick layer of clueless in between to protect the upper layer from the bottom one

I bought it because it will remind me of the division of powers, and I will hang it in the master bedroom, which also serves as my home office

Little could I have known that I'd encounter a multitude of cluelessness on getting the pic from there (US) to here (NL). This is its tale:

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Have you had your Last Judgment Day yet?


Now Harold Camping's doom prediction has gone by and I finally have a moment to myself after two days of busy BBQ-ing and household activities, a long overdue post can be written

Doomsday. The Apocalypse. Last Judgment Day. The End of the World. They all belong to the same theme: you better do what I tell you or else...
They all neatly serve fear-based doctrines such as most of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - (not) surprisingly all mono-theist religions claiming the one true faith, the one true god, and the one true punishment for not following their rules

Well, let me enlighten you: just as Resurrection applies to your own spiritual death and rebirth, Last Judgment Day applies to you right here, right now, and it's solely up to you to "have one"