2015-05-21

The latest lame spam/scam

This one is funny, in how terrible it's written. Of course, all it takes is a couple of people to fall for it. Don't do it, faithful readers. This one is pathetic in just so many ways.
Hello dear s members NORTH ROCK COMMUNICATIONS as a result of congestion inall accounts created by NORTH ROCK COMMUNICATIONS mail! Would be forced todisable all unused accounts or pirated by the pirates from the net. To avoiddeactivation of your account if enabled, you must confirm your e-mail by filling outyour information below name by clicking reply. The personal information requestedare for the safety of your account [NORTH ROCK]. Make sure therefore filled urgently the information needed.


Full user name:... ……………………………………………………………………..
Poste Occupé : ........................................................................................................
Adresse e-mail :.......................................................................................................
Mot de passe: .........................................................................................................
Confirm your password:... …………………………………......................................
Date & place of birth:...
Téléphone :.......…………………………………………………………………………………..
Ville de résidence:....................................................................................................

After completing the instructions above, your [NORTH ROCK] mail account! will not bedisabled or removed. We thank you for your usual cooperation. We apologize for any inconvenience. the Directorate of Communication
Yes, I'll put my password, date of birth AND telephone number in an email and send to this dodgy-looking address. And if you know any disinherited princes trying to recover a few million dollars, please pass that info along to them too...

2015-05-10

When the Achilles gives out on me

Well, there goes the streak of staying
major-surgery-requiring-injury-free. My 2015 volleyball season appears
to have ended the same day it began, and it's extra gut wrenching
because I was really feeling that this spring and summer would see me
really push my fitness levels up a few notches. Instead, my achilles
gives way on a simple step backwards, and I'm looking at months of
immobility and who-knows-how-much recovery and recuperation time.

I feel pretty devastated, to say the least. It also means a planned
summer trip is now on ice, and some of my other plans for the next few
months are kaput.

With 40 coming around the corner, it's probably another reminder of my
own mortality, which I will need to take account of without letting it
depress me. It's not fun, but I now understand a bit more what other
people who've had to deal with similar setbacks in life, have to deal
with.

Well, at least my triceps will get a good workout carrying me around
on these crutches...

2015-05-08

Stop, I am on the roundabout, not you!

Was on the roundabout heading to work.
Woman driver bolts forward a bit. I'm all "hey, I'm on this roundabout, stop until I get off..."
Woman looks me right in the eye and then bolts forward a bit more.
What the hell?
Put your foot on the dang brake and *do not* raise your foot, woman!

It's just strange how some people simply do not understand, nor care to follow, (or in this case, have the patience for?) the basic rules for navigating a roundabout in Bermuda.

2015-05-07

Being frugal

Every now and then, I think, yes I would like to get some new shirts and pants for work, or another pair of shoes. Lord knows a freaking car would be useful as well.

But, due to the cost of living, I hold off on it. Mortgage, electricity, groceries, little guy's future education, those have to be budgeted for.

Maybe I'm alone in this island or at least one of the few, and maybe this is why some of us get stressed out to the point of depression in such a demanding work/life environment, but sometimes we have to be frugal by necessity. Luckily, I was raised (or nurtured, or whatever) to not spend what I don't have (or can't afford, or don't wish to risk)... sometimes that works out, sometimes it fails because an unexpected expense comes up (or in the past, I had to help someone else out with their own issues... which is another issue altogether).

There have been times where I wish I was more nonchalant, had less of a conscience when it came to spending money. Where I could just roll with the flow, if things got rough I could beg someone else to jump in or do something else. But it's hard to change a learned behaviour such as frugality, perhaps.

The economic situation doesn't look to be abating anytime soon, which is discouraging on another level, and when compiled with feeling your career prospects are merely treading water, things look even more bleak. But what can you do.

Sigh, indeed. [/ramble]