In Basket Exercise

Some More Useful Acronyms for Lazy Texters

Readers Digest lists a few:

IDK = I Don't know

JK = Just Kidding

ROFL = Rolling on the Floor Laughing

YOLO = You Only Live Once

LMK = Let Me Know

IRL = in Real Life

Ulysses

One can now listen to readings of James Joyce's fantastic book by Jim Norton.  I'm told that he was the star of the BBC show called "Father Ted," a supposed classic sitcom about three priests who are exiled to a remote island where they engage in mildly sinful activities. (Interesting.)

One can also now listen to Siobhan McKenna reading an hour of Molly Bloom's naughty soliloquy.

Notice of a spam call

Yesterday I received a call supposedly from Saint Michaels that indicated that I needed to buy an "airstream" trailer (you know those metallic creatures that never wear out.

However, it was just a "front" for a spam note playing on "Fashion-Isha."

Fashion-Isha is a popular Indian fashion and lifestyle blog founded by Isha Jain (one of many Indian ladies with that name.)

Scammers latch onto the blog's fame and create their version of a "Fashion-Isha" scam.  Here's how it usually works:

You get a phone call from the "Fashion-Isha company" saying that they have noticed that you have been spending time online lately shopping for fashionable clothes and accessories, and they would like to offer you a deal.

If you bite, they will try to get you signed up for a subscription service that would send you clothes, accessories and freebies each month.

After they gain your trust, they will quickly get you to give them your credit card numbers and access codes.  It's all downhill for you after that.

Protection from this scam:  Hang Up!

Another Interesting Call

A so-called Towson, Maryland resident called to let me know that there has been a temporary reduction in price for taking advantage of their "Escort Services."  Dream on!

A Simple Solution

Bill has been seeing a "shrink" for years, trying to get rid of his fear that some monster lives under his bed.  Every night he would be scared to get into bed and it caused him to have nightmares.

Bill spent thousands of dollars to his psychologist trying to get rid of his fear and he had mentioned it to his friend, Mike.  Mike could see that this fear was affecting him deeply, so he recommended a visit to a different shrink, a behaviorist.

Mike didn't expect much change in Bill's condition, so he was amazed when he met a smiling happy Bill.  "What happened?" said Mike.

"Well, the new doctor told me to cut the legs off of my bed!"

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