Freaky Frugalite

The Dodge Wimpy 2009

I was searching my old posts for a photo to use for my latest post about the Subaru Outback, and found this post in my archives. I must have had a long day when I wrote this; I almost spit out my coffee, re-reading it. LOL! So I thought I’d re-post it. So you can [...]

Beware the Twitter Phishing Scam

GRRRRREATTTTT. I’ve managed to keep my eyes peeled for scammers pretty well up to this point, but I was really busy and tired yesterday, and wasn’t paying much attention to what I was doing.
Yesterday, I received an email from Twitter (sheesh, I get about 20 a DAY) from a follower. The message was this:

You [...]

WFW: Make Winston Smith Proud: The Skype Telescreen

This news just blows my mind. Like Blippy, I cannot believe that people would think this is all a good idea!
Skype has made a deal with LG Electronics and Panasonic to make televisions with video-capturing capabilities. A LOT like the telescreens in George Orwell’s book, 1984.
Both television makers will embed the Skype technology in television [...]

Congress Breaks Like the Wind, Too…

I saw this at Renee’s Coffee Break– hilarious!! And sadly, it’s totally true!
As a lobbyist in Washington, DC, I’d just finished up a meeting with a Congressman when I stopped to use the restroom.
After washing my hands, I stepped over to the hand dryer and noticed that someone had taped a [...]

Why I Hate Non-Stick Cookware

See those black stripes? That’s not burger grill marks… That’s the non-stick cookware that has come off the grill onto the burgers! GRRRRRRR
This happens to me all the time, with every pan I buy! Am I the only one? I’ve had this problem with just about every non-stick cookware I buy. I don’t [...]

Whatever Happened to “Knowledge is Power”?

I found this excellent post at a blog called A Moment in History by Jeff Sanders. His posts are all so insightful and relevant, but this one just floored me. I knew things were bad with the state of education in the United States.. but WHOA.
Recently I had some conversations with teenagers. Normally it’s a [...]

UK Government to Monitor Citizen Communications

The United States has a lot of problems, but hey, at least we have that wonderful thing called the Fourth Amendment.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by [...]

NASA to Hit Moon with Missile

You have GOT to be kidding me!!! Dear Government Bureaucrats: “Shoot for the moon” is an IDIOM. A figure of speech! Leave it them to DO something so stupid!
OK OK maybe I’m jumping the gun a little here. But I have visions of Chicken Little right about now. What if NASA shoots their missile and [...]

Denial of Service Attack at Twitter

Twitter is down. According to the Twitter blog:
On this otherwise happy Thursday morning, Twitter is the target of a denial of service attack. Attacks such as this are malicious efforts orchestrated to disrupt and make unavailable services such as online banks, credit card payment gateways, and in this case, Twitter for intended customers or [...]