tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-17:353983overlit desert of abstract sounds and sightsthey search the land and they search the skyecto2021-01-09T04:51:30Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-17:353983:365418go find another lap dog, fucker2021-01-09T04:47:16Z2021-01-09T04:51:30ZVilify - Devicepublic1I just got THE best email<br /><br />Literally. Hiding in my random e-newsletters (that I <i>really</i> need to unsubscribe from) and loan offers, there was THIS gem:<br /><br /><blockquote><b>Re: FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI).</b><br /><br />From: David Bowdich <davidbowdich@investigation.net><br /><br />To: (my email address) <br /><br />Federal Bureau of Investigation <br />Field Intelligence Groups <br />J. Edgar Hoover Building <br />935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20535 <br /><br />Attention: Beneficiary, <br /><br />I am the Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation David Bowdich. We intercepted and seized a sealed envelope at the John F Kennedy International Airport, New York, NY 11430 coming from a foreign country. We scanned the content of the sealed envelope and found it contained a total sum of 4.1 million dollars value certified payment bond. Also, the sealed envelope had documents with your name on them as the receiver of the package. We question the diplomat that accompanied the sealed envelope into the United States, and we learned that he was to deliver this sealed envelope to your residence as payment of an inheritance / winning prize payment due and owed to you. <br /><br />The envelope paperwork lacks the PROOF OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND LEGAL DELIVERY PERMIT CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE form. We confiscated the envelope and released the Diplomat. The sealed envelope according to section 229 subsection 31 of the International Commerce Regulators Code Enforcement Guidelines, lacks PROOF OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND LEGAL DELIVERY PERMIT CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE and since the content is valued financial material of such amount, from the joint team of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation and Homeland Security, you're to reply for direction on how to procure the envelope so you will be relieved of the charges of tax evasion which is a jail-able offense under section 12 subsection 441 of the tax code. We will also be asking the IRS to launch an investigation on money laundering if you do not follow our instructions. <br /><br />You are required to reply within 72 hours at that point I will walk you through the process of clearing and claiming the money. Failure to comply may lead to your arrest, interrogation and,/or you being prosecuted in the Court of Law for tax evasion and/or money laundering. You are also advised not to contact any bank in Africa, Europe or banking institutions for security reasons. <br /><br />Yours in service, <br />David Bowdich<br />Deputy Director Federal Bureau of Investigation.</blockquote> <br /><br />GUYS EITHER I’M RICH OR I’M GOING TO JAIL ALL BECAUSE I’M NOT ALLOWED TO CONTACT THE MANY BANKS I HAVE ACCOUNTS WITH IN AFRICA OR EUROPE I NEED YOUR HELP TO DECIDE WHAT I’M GONNA DO<br /><br />LIKE I CAN'T EVEN BREATHE RIGHT NOW I'M LAUGHING SO FUCKING HARD<br /><br />THEY CAN’T EVEN DECIDE IF IT’S AN INHERITANCE OR PRIZE MONEY<br /><br />The sad thing, though, is that people actually STILL fall for this shit.<br /><br />My mom was in banking for 25 years, and she's told me horror stories of people falling for email scams. It's just so sad.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ecto_gammat&ditemid=365418" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-17:353983:365016and come keep breathing tell me oh just what you want2020-12-20T18:34:35Z2020-12-20T18:37:33ZLa Di Da - Victorian Hallspublic5I want out of this funk I’ve found myself in <strike>again</strike>.<br /><br />So. I guess. I want to start writing again? I’ve got a couple WIPs stored, and I like what I’ve got so far, but I have no idea how to continue them.<br /><br />Could I pick any of y'all’s brains? Two are MASH fics (a missing scene from <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/1990338">my old Apocalyptothon fic</a>, and the other is a Radar centric one from the same universe that I started, but it petered out), and I’ve got a couple SuperBat ones (two that have some heft to them already, and one that’s just a blurb that I’d like to expand).<br /><br />But I’m stuck.<br /><br />Can any of y'all lend an ear?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ecto_gammat&ditemid=365016" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-17:353983:364193here you go create another fable2020-11-18T01:44:57Z2020-11-18T01:44:57ZChop Suey! - System of a Downpublic2I got an email from the Board of Pharmacy about Maryland's State Department of Health's proposed plan for the Covid vaccine; this was about the plan they submitted to the CDC, which still needs to actually be approved, so some things may change, but it's kinda bullshit IMHO.<br /><br />For starters, the CDC says that (as of October 29th, 2020) the recommended range for vaccine storage could be anywhere between 8°C and -80°C (46.4°F to fucking <b><i>-112°F</i></b>). That's a fucking <i>insane</i> temperature range. To put it in perspective, the only vaccines available to retail pharmacies that need to be frozen are the Varicella (chickenpox) and live Zoster (shingles) vaccines, and those are not to be stored at temperatures lower than -50°C (-58°F), and Zostavax hasn't been in production since Shingrix came out (which is stored in the fridge), because Shingrix has a higher effectiveness than Zostavax.<br /><br />I know of <i>absolutely no</i> pharmacy that isn't in a hospital or research facility that has the capabilities of storing something at that low of a temperature. The CDC is recommending dry ice, but... SERIOUSLY?! Dry fucking ice?!<br /><br />Storing this thing is going to be priority one, which god only knows how that's going to be accomplished.<br /><br />Maryland is proposing on a two phased pharmacy distribution. The first wave of vaccines is (obviously) going to hospitals and senior facilities. After that, they'll start distributing to retail pharmacies considering vulnerable population densities: basically, whatever counties have the most at-risk people will get highest consideration.<br /><br />Of those counties that are first in line, the vaccines are only going to <b><i>Walmart and CVS</i></b> in Phase 1.<br /><br />Fucking. Horseshit.<br /><br />Corporate backroom shady bullshit fucking dealing is what that is.<br /><br />Phase 2 will be rolled out "at discretion", whatever the shitfuck <i>that</i> means.<br /><br />And based on CDC data, Maryland is currently 41st in line to get the vaccine. Which is... good? But also bad?<br /><br />But yeah. That's what my state's plan is for the CDC. I just don't know what to say about it.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ecto_gammat&ditemid=364193" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-17:353983:166378once you've driven a drunk father to mom's parole hearing, what else is there?2011-12-27T18:03:41Z2011-12-27T18:03:41Zpublic0Testing this crosspost thing. So if this headache isn't just a fluke, I might be moving to Dreamwidth. I might have some invite codes floating around if anyone wants one, just gotta search for them.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ecto_gammat&ditemid=166378" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-17:353983:165981so why we sitting around here talking about a dog that doesn't exist?2011-12-27T17:59:28Z2011-12-27T18:00:04Zpublic0I need ideas. I signed up for a bitty bang at lj's fivetimesbb (2,000 - 5,000 words), since you know my weakness for them five times fics, and I have absolutely no idea what to write. <br /><br />So gimme your ideas. I've written for MASH, Hot Fuzz, DCAU, and Psych before, but I could throw my hand at another fandom listed in my comms. <br /><br />Halp pls?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ecto_gammat&ditemid=165981" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments