Crabby Blogging Lady

…but some folks probably hate them.

Like this guy. OOPSIE!!!!!

I feel sorry for the guy, actually. He was probably under a LOT of pressure to get all that stuff delivered. Unfortunately, he chose the *wrong* package and the *wrong* house to toss the delivery. Now, he’s probably out of a job. There’s no excuse for such an action, but we can all feel a little empathy because we know what it’s like to be under time pressure at work, and fudge or totally mess up a job.

Here’s another really good home cam video I found. A lady watches as her house is robbed– unbelievable! Now these guys I am NOT feeling sorry for. Haha!

Oh, I love those handy cams, yes indeedy. Smile, guys, you’re on Candid CCTV cameras!!!

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When I was in school, waaaaay back in the 70s (don’t laugh), they taught us to mock religion and traditional family values. I remember thinking how horrid and restrictive were traditional values like sexual purity, obeying your parents, caring for your siblings, honoring people in authority like your pastor or grandparents.

I’ve come a loooong way, baby.

What a bunch of dung that was! Do you realize that the casting off of restraint has totally wrecked our society?!

I have just come back from reading headlines at the news (WITH my groovy new digital video cables, too ). But good Lord, the stories are scary. Besides the usual politicians-performing-criminal-acts stories, average society is breaking down completely! Hold on to your hats, people:

Copper Thief Steals Entire Transformer From Power Pole…
What the heck?! They risk death for copper?! In broad view of everyone?! And the economy sucks so bad in this country that people are stealing scrap metal?!

House will move this week to limit funding for effort in Libya…
The United States has NO business being in Libya. Nor Iraq nor Afghanistan, for that matter.

Military developing spy drones ‘size of insects and birds’…
Unconscionable!! They are using our own tax money to create spying machines to spy on us!!! And how dare they send these monsters into other countries– any joker could start an act of war.

2 Women Arrested After Roadside Begging For Fake Funeral Of Baby…
Sad.

NBC Apologizes for Omitting ‘Under God’ From Pledge During U.S. Open Broadcast
The brazen media can do whatever they want, on our dime. Oh they “apologize” “IF” anyone was offended. How about we take NBC off the air, seeing they aren’t truly “national” but “global”?

Russia to Lower U.S. Debt Holdings…
The politicians have just handed our country over to Russia and China.

States look to Internet taxes to close budget gaps…
HOLY COW! I’m ballistic over this. How about we end MILLION DOLLAR pensions for New York State perverts serving in our government!!!

And my teachers and co-students said that traditional values were “restrictive.” Hoh boy, what a lie! So where’s this Shangri-La of licentious living, huh?

No, things are turning out just like the traditionalists said they’d turn out:

1. Remove the traditional family (Judeo-Christian) values from society, and society will go into chaos.
2. An authoritarian form of government will arise to control the chaos.
3. Eventually, a single group (oligarchy) or single person (tyranny) will arise to control the authoritarian government. He will appear compassionate at first, but later grasp at power.

It’s the same old story since the beginning. It has not changed one bit.

So what’s a person to do? What DO we do? Have things gone too far?

Well, no, things are never gone too far. I believe that as long as God is wiling and people are breathing, people can return to Him for help. And Lord, knows, we need it. I’m very concerned about what the future holds.

What a hilarious story at the New York CBS news: Mysterious Hole in Basking Ridge Yard Puzzles Experts, Officials. Suuuuuure it puzzles them.

According to the story, there’s an 18-inch deep, coffee table-sized crater in a woman’s front yard. She woke up the other morning to see the hole in her lawn. Her son thinks it’s something from space, but scientists have investigated and used metal detectors and found no traces of meteorites. Some think something may have fallen from a plane, but some remnant of the thing would still be evident (unlike the 9/11 planes that mysteriously vaporized into thin air while preserving paper documents and drivers’ licenses of the criminals, yeahhhh).

I think it is probably Superman. He hit the earth didn’t he? Well, maybe he just got up and walked away. Or maybe they FINALLY DID figure out a way to dig all the way from China! Hey, you never know! I mean, if evolution is supposed to be possible and the New York Lottery is supposed to be winnable, well then ANYTHING can happen!

So there ya go, another amazing sagacious solution from the Crabby Blogging Lady. And I even did it without an information technology degree. :D

Now I am not going to pick on Rachel Maddow here (as much as she deserves it). Everybody falls for a hoax at some point in their lives, whether it is a cockamamie story about Sarah Palin invading Egypt or some weird theory that humans evolved from primordial ooze. But this gaffe is a bit more amusing because Maddow is touted as a serious journalist at MSNBC. I suppose that’s left to conjecture, but here’s the funny story, in case you missed it.

By John Hudson, The Atlantic Wire – 37 mins ago WASHINGTON, DC – The Internet’s finest satirists snookered a big fish in the media world last night. In an embarrassing segment on her MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow slammed conservatives for attacking President Obama’s Egypt policies. Her targets included Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, former ambassador to the UN John Bolton and Stephenson Billings at ChristWire.org. Only problem is Stephenson Billings is not a real person. He’s a fictional byproduct of website that also warns readers that the Xbox Kinect is a terrorist training tool and the Japanese have created scary robot babies which “threaten humanity.” Full story here.

*snicker*

Here’s the video of her show. I found it very amusing!

She was criticized for not bothering to look up the facts before blasting this supposed story. That’s what kind of irks me– these journalists harshly criticize others (especially bloggers) for lack of fact-checking. Um, hello?? And then, when she is called out for it, she ungracefully blames Glenn Beck for it all. OH BROTHER.

But the whole “believe a hoax” thing is funny. When I first saw a video by The Onion, I thought the story was true (it was about a new release of an Apple product, and all the Apple zombies were lining the streets to buy it). I actually found the video. Here it is for your viewing pleasure.

Now, doesn’t that look real?? LOL. I tell ya, those are bona fide Apple zombies!! They need some Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage, stat!

So if you fall for a hoax, don’t sweat it. But if you fall for a hoax and falsely accuse people without fact-checking the information, that’s pretty nasty. And if you are called out for it and blame someone else for your gaffe, that’s really bad.

I am a professional blogger and webmaster. I work, FOR PAY, to mention certain products and companies, ok? Just like everyone else, I gotta put the bread and butter on the table.

So it really steams me to get a flood of emails, day after day, from two-bit, upstart companies requesting that I write about them. FOR FREE. As if I have nothing better to do than blog about Do-It-Yourself Ginsu Acupuncture LED Pens from Ronco or eyeglasses with “convenient” mini windshield wipers or whatever.

Hellooooo. I write about serious, USEFUL stuff, like high-quality hunting binoculars (see?)!

Look at some of these emails I’ve been getting. And the weird thing is, I don’t get them from time to time, I get them ALL the time, in massive bunches! What’s going on?

At —–.com we have developed a new photo sharing service that makes it incredibly easy to share images privately and within groups. I’m trying to spread the word about our service, and think your readers would be interested in what it can do…. I’d be really happy if you decide to write a short post about —–. As we expand our services, I’d be glad to keep you informed of changes to the site.

Oh really? So you guys at —–.com KNOW what my readers want, huh? And how would you know that? Do you guys at —–.com regularly read my blogs? HAH, I think not. And do it for FREE?? Are you guys insane?

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Whilst doing a Google search, i came across your site because i am looking to get published online.I am a freelance writer and have written an article entitled “Teak: Worth the Wait”.
The article i have written, may seem to me that your audience might be interested in the topic, but you would know much better than i.You will have the exclusive on it, if you agree to publish the article.
There’s no cost to you for the articles because i am simply looking to build my online reputation, all i ask from you is that you publish the articles “as it is”, leaving my author bio at the bottom of the article intact.
Please give me a quick email if you would like to review the article.

This one is trying to appeal to my tender heart toward writers, isn’t he? Well, if he EVEN BOTHERED TO READ MY BLOG, he’d know that I am a heartless monster who has no intention of pimping my web space FOR FREE. If you want to publish articles, bub, get your own blog.

Happy New Year! I’m a Community Manager at — —-, a social media agency based in —, and I’ve been following your blog. I notice that you do some really great product reviews on your blog! I think you’d be really interested in this opportunity from Buick so, I wanted to reach out about an exciting new program that I hope you’ll share with your audience.

Something exciting is coming from Buick. A new kind of design and luxury. At the same time, Buick is launching a major social initiative and you’ve been hand picked to participate in an exclusive first promotion. We’re only reaching out to a select group of bloggers to rally readership participation, and we’re very pleased to offer the blogger who refers the most readers $5,000!

We hope you’ll refer your readers with this link [removed] and let them know that by “Liking” the Buick Facebook page they’ll be given access to view a specially produced live event at the North American International Auto Show, Detroit (NAIAS) that will be live streaming on Buick’s Facebook Page.

Buddy, all I can say is: SHOW ME THE MONEY. Or give me a Buick. Then, we’ll talk. K? By the way, all those funky characters in your email tell me that you copied and pasted the text and sent out emails in mass abundance. FAIL.

I would like to take a moment to speak with you in regard to blu electronic cigarettes www.blucigs.com and possibly working together with your site. Since 2009, many of our affiliates have seen great conversions promoting blu.
With new upgrades to our product, website, and higher commissions paid this is the perfect time to promote blu! Sign up for your free account here http://www.blucigs.com/affiliates. We have banners/links for you to start promoting right away!

While I know my readers– all two of them– would just FLIP BANANAS to read a fascinating post about electronic cigarrettes, I’m going to have to pass. I mean, WHO ISN’T talking about this these days? I don’t want to appear to be a team player or anything.

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And that, boys and girls, is just a tidbit of what drops into my email box these days. If it isn’t the telemarketers on the phone, it’s the solicitors in the email. Sheesh.