Nigerian Scam Artists

If you have e-mail, chances are that you have received some sort of e-mail from Nigerian scam artists (or several other countries, actually) trying to tempt you with large amounts of money in exchange for your help laundering it. Of course, to facilitate the receipt of your sizable share of the money, they keep extracting more and more money out of you until finally it’s obviously a hoax, but somehow a surprising number of people have been taken by this scheme. I’ve kept some of these in my “miscellaneous” inbox just for fun, but one person has taken it a step further. Visit Brad Christensen’s exhibit of hilarious correspondences with various scam artists; I only wish I had the wit and patience to do something similar…

Donald Rumsfeld: Statesman, Poet?

Slate features a heretofore unappreciated side to Donald Rumsfeld: his poetry. OK, so they’re just taking excerpts from some of his more obtuse comments during press conferences, but it’s still funny. Here’s an example:

The Unknown

Donald Rumsfeld - poetAs we know,

There are known knowns.

There are things we know we know.

We also know

There are known unknowns.

That is to say

We know there are some things

We do not know.

But there are also unknown unknowns,

The ones we don’t know

We don’t know.

Very deep.

Donald Rumsfeld: Statesman, Poet?

Slate features a heretofore unappreciated side to Donald Rumsfeld: his poetry. OK, so they’re just taking excerpts from some of his more obtuse comments during press conferences, but it’s still funny. Here’s an example:

The Unknown

Donald Rumsfeld - poetAs we know,

There are known knowns.

There are things we know we know.

We also know

There are known unknowns.

That is to say

We know there are some things

We do not know.

But there are also unknown unknowns,

The ones we don’t know

We don’t know.

Very deep.

CotD

Today’s color is the rainbow they use for test patterns on your television. Due to Czar’s frantic attempt to finish his midterm exam by the deadline, he has not had time to produce his daily feature presentation. Geez, I’m starting to talk in the third person. My wireless professor must really be getting to me…