Month: August 2003

Sheesh, man. I would like (164) this to stop now. Granted my friend who has had over 400 has trumped me (I hope) on this whole thing. I’m So Over So Big. I know someone who got yelled at by a client for forwarding it. Problem is, you can’t prove that you actually got it from someone just because of the header (we’ve already discussed this here, right?) but the customer is always right, so what do you say? “Stop being an arse, I didn’t send you a virus?” (165 – I am so not making this up, I keep looking at Mailwasher, and a new one arrives. 166)

So should we talk about something else? Busy day fighting a big fire at work. I feel pretty good about my contributions there, I love the work, I love the people…what’s a girl have to do to get an offer to work their full time?

(167-169)

Okay, granted I was on the phone for 15 minutes (170) so writing this has taken a little longer than it should have.

Did I ever mention that when I was a kid I thought that the way to solve the whole “snack” problem at elementary school would be to learn to love eating leaves? Then if I was hungry I could pick one and just eat it? It wouldn’t matter if I forgot a snack or mom didn’t give me one. Snacks were growing in front of me!

The fatal flaws in this plan was that

a) leaves don’t taste good

b) they aren’t very filling

c) this particular snack item is only available for two months of the school year, and

d) if the playground monitor sees you eating leaves they send a note home to your mom.

So ya, I did try it. And the funny thing is that in a mere 12 days, Junior will be playing in the same playground I was back when I did the great leaf experiment of 1974 (or so).

(171,172)

At last check, I was up to 72 copies of the virus received. That’s amazing. This is really the first one that has filled my in-box. With Klez I think I got maybe two a day at the height of the infestation. Trusty Norton would smite them boom-boom and I’d barely notice they’d been in the room.

But geez, you get 72 email messages containing a virus, at 100k each, and that’s going to screw up my mailbox over at the ISP.

44 emails in my mailbox with the sobig virus (caught by Mailwasher before they got to my inbox). 6 bounce messages that “my” email couldn’t be delivered to other people. I guess last night was a big night in the virus world?

I hate that these things forge headers. I know I didn’t send it to anyone – I have virus software that updates itself daily – but people who receive these things and think they are from me don’t.

In mailwasher I can read messages without downloading anything, so I was looking at the bounces. One was to a mailing list for what appears to be something porn-ish. I guarantee you I’m not a member of any yahoo group that does anything other than try to amuse each other.

*sigh*

Now see, THIS is usually the kind of story you read about much older trailer trash. She’s lookin pretty good for 18, eh? And no mention of the lucky groom?

Man, not a single item on my list. Oh, wait, I just noticed the typo on the last one…9:40. Har! The goal was 7:40. Of course, I didn’t make my goal – I couldn’t find my ID badge for work, so I spent a long time looking.

Tomorrow should be better/different. Junior starts at the new place, so I don’t have to drive out of my way anymore, but now I’m responsible for giving him a lunch, so that should really screw up my life.

I didn’t finish the coffee, and I never got the phrase worked into an email. Bummer.