Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Bubble Wrap

One of the great inventions in the world...bubble wrap...for stress relief that is...now digitized, click here...added to my list of "New Discoveries".

Costumes for your Cat

Whooohoo....back in the saddle after a break. I will tell you about my travels some time...right now just happy to be back on my adventures. How about a silly start, still on the cat theme for some reason....do they hold some key to understanding life and my quest. Why do I doubt that? Anyway, came across this today and it made me smile, costumes for your cat. These earthlings are mad. Anyway, despite this silly start, I do endeavour to offer some meaningful philosophical ponderings on life in my next postings....

Top 100 Corporate Criminals

Today I came across this and was instantly convinced that this list of rogues had to be placed on my list of necromancers. Funny, isn't it how ambivalent the world feels towards corporate criminals. Some almost revered for beating the system...says a lot about the system doesn't it...but these vagabonds, neatly compiled into a list of the Top 100 Corporate Criminals, are undoubtedly high on my list of necromancers.

North Americans and Perfection

"... The North American wants to use reality rather than know it. ... We get drunk in order to confess; they get drunk in order to forget. ... We are sorrowful and sarcastic and they are happy and full of jokes. North Americans want to understand and we want to contemplate. They are activists and we are quietists; we enjoy our wounds and they enjoy their inventions. They believe in hygiene, health, work and contentment, but perhaps they have never experienced true joy, which is an intoxication, a whirlwind. [It's not so much fun to be characterized from the other side, is it?] ... What is the origin of such contradictory attitudes? It seems to me that North Americans consider the world to be something that can be perfected, and that we consider it to be something that can be redeemed." (Mexican writer Octavio Paz in The Labyrinth of Solitude)

WMD

Still out in the desert...searching for those weapons. Anyway, try this....go to www.google.com, then type the words "weapons of mass destruction" and then hit the "i'm feeling lucky" button. Brings a smile to the face of a weather-beaten traveller.

England in Summer

Been away fighting dragons...back now...read this the other day, and thought...how true: "Even in summer, the English sky's the colour of a dead body left out in the cold", see Die Puny Humans for the rest of this treatise....what a happy fellow. Dunno why it appealed to me, maybe the evil in the world that confronts a Knight like me sometimes seems just to much...

Headless Harry Potter, Please....

Where is that irritating little wizard, Harry Potter? Was thinking of adding him to my list of necromancers, but he is too small and annoying. Instead, I think I should seek him out and lop off his nauseating little head....anyone seen him? Then Ifound this game tha provided some release, play Kill Harry Potter.

Suckers, Supply and Demand

It has been a while since I found the time, given my busy schedule being a knight-errant, to add to my online quest. But since then, something has been bothering me about my last entry. Basically, I forgot to mention the suckers who fall for the Nigerian Necromancer Scams. Why is this important? Because, as I quest to find the essence of truth out there, I am continually confronted by all the sad parts within us...in this case, greed. The flipside of the scams I mentioned in my previous post is that people fall for the scams...so who is the necromancer and who is the rather gullible Sancho Panza? The Internet Fraud Complaint Center believes that nearly 10,000 Americans in 2001 reported losing $17.8 million in online scams. Not all fraud is from Nigerian Scam letters, but a lot is. Supply and demand, supply and demand...the evil of humankind.

Nigerian Scammers and other Necromancers

Still wandering in search of truth...no progress yet....but today had a glimpse of its ugly cousin called lies and deceit. When I woke up this morning I was immediately confronted by a whole package of lies, albeit amusing lies in a perverse way. You know these lies well...the old Nigerian bank scam....something anyone who forages across the net, not to mention old experienced Knights like yourself, have had infinite experience of. Today, however, what was interesting was that I was informed in the email that my long lost relatives in Nigeria had been killed in a car accident and their lawyer (who miraculously tracked me down which is difficult given I am a wandering Knight) wanted to deposit the inheritance into my account. All I had to do was to give him my bank account details and I would be a very rich fellow. Now, firstly, being a wandering Knight, I don't have a bank account. I only work in gold pieces. Secondly, the lawyer wanted 40% for his assistance. I ask you? Such a large cut on top of the fact that I am currently grieving the loss of my long lost relatives who I only got to know today. Finally, money is of no worth to Knight, I seek my fortune in chivalry and acts of bravery. Anyway, I endeavoured, given the percentage of the deal, and the points I just made, to pass this tempting offer up. That said, I have a good mind to go and lop off the head of this so-called lawyerwith with my trusty sword called Leveller. Hence, Nigerian scammers have now made it onto my list of necromancers and I vow to seek them out and perform horrible medieval acts on them in revenge for their treachery. On the lighter side, I noticed this Knights approach to such scams and it lightened me up somewhat, see Conversations with Nigerian Scammers.