Ramblings of a Desiccated Mind

Well, I better watch my ass around here. It seems that looking for free porn on the net can get you into a heap-o' trouble. A fellow in California apparently downloaded some software off the net that invited a constant stream of SPAM to his mailing address. He said his machine was fucked up for about two months because of Penile Enlargement ads, and the like.

He got so pissed, he went on the warpath, and threatened the company with "anthrax spores" and to torture an employee with an ice pick and a drill unless they took him off their list . . . my kind of fellow.

CNN quotes the company representative as having said that bulk e-mail firms "give the penile enhancement business a bad name."

Insert your own joke [here].

Anyhow, I'm no fan of SPAM, but that is oficially losing your shit. You should always deal with so-called professionals in a professional manner, and when you want to make a real impression, invoke The Law. It'll get 'em every time.

Even if invoking The Law doesn't actually mean shit, you can bet that no one likes to hear that The Man could be knock-knock-knocking on their doors.

Gary Kasparov finished his latest chess duel with a mega-smart computer, and it wound up in a draw. I don't know diddly about chess, but I know it's hard, and I know tech-heads have been running chess routines for ages, so this seems like a real John Henry kind of moment. Congratulations, Gary, that is a win, as far as I'm concerned. I know I'd have been check-mated in about three moves.

Much as I hate those goddamn joke lists, my cousin sent me this which made me bark out loud:

Q: What makes men chase women they have no intention of marrying?
A: The same urge that makes dogs chase cars they have no intention of driving.

I created a Yahoo Group for the discussion of horror.

I suppose it's kind of redundant on top of this place, but they do have some neat features, like the chat-n-shit, so we'll see what happens.

Here it is:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ragged_bits/
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let me reiterate: this place is for anybody and everybody who has an inkling toward the dark side, so I'm hoping to get a nice cross-pollenation of talent around there; writers, photographers, painters, musicians, fire-eaters, eel-swallowers, whatever, just be cool, and let's have some goddamn fun!