Congratulations on Becoming a Worthless Hippie

I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said:

More Art, Less War

Let me know how that works out.

Doomsday Cult Hold Up in Cave? Why?

According to Reuters, there is Doomsday cult in Russia who have barricaded themselves in a cave while they wait for the end of the world.  That day will supposedly come sometime in May, 2008.

If I think the end is near, I can guarantee I won't go sit in a cave to wait it out.  I'm thinking more along the line of Vegas... and I sure as hell am not following the leader of this cult who is described as:

he was a 43-year-old who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and that in the last few months he had been sleeping in a coffin.

Good luck with that.

Who Could have Guessed?

Here's the headline I ran across on Reuters today

Pedophile allowed to work in kindergarten

So, of course I had to read something that ridiculous. 

A convicted pedophile sentenced to do community service in a German kindergarten will return to court next week to face charges of abusing two children there, a regional prosecutor's office said Thursday.

Shockingly someone with prior sexual convictions, assigned to community service in a school, grabbed his junk in front of some kids.

No one could have seen that coming.

Lambeau Field Adventure

Thanks to a good friend with a season ticket package, I was able to join over 79,000 other people at Lambeau Field this past weekend to see the Green Bay Packers route the Minnesota Vikings 34 - 0!

Here are a few pictures that the NFL will eventually try to sue me over...

Thanks for Keeping My Data Safe

Because I am an odd mix of conservative and tree hugging hippie, I have an account with NPCA (National Parks Conservation Association). 

Two days ago I received an email using a lot of fancy words and finger pointing to explain that their provider's system was compromised and email addresses and passwords were stolen.  Of course, the email uses phrases like "identified a breach of one of their internet security systems by an outside party".

Its annoying that this stuff is allowed to happen, but I figured I would get over it, at least it wasn't my credit card number.  Then I read this jem:

...it is unlikely that anyone will attempt to abuse your email address and password...

What an ignorant statement.  Guess what?  Despite glorified TV portrayals, hackers don't break into systems and steal information for fun.  NPCA, here's a tip, don't try to cover up the problem by down playing the risk.

Who's Still Falling for Phishing Scams?

Once I knew my mom could spot and avoid a phishing scam a year ago, I figured no one else would be falling for this.  Boy was I wrong.

Found via TechDirt, Computer World is reporting that phishers "tricked" a Supervalu grocery chain employee into changing where payments to American Greetings Corp. and Pepsi­Co Inc.’s Frito-Lay Inc. unit were sent... to the tune of $10 million dollars.

Yeah... because when Pepsi-Co wants you to send their money to a new bank account, they send the details in an email.  Oh wait... that's a lie.  They don't.