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e.p.c. posted this at 16:24 GMT on 5-Oct-2003 .
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Some bozo has sent out spam advertising some sort of DVD copier (which I'm betting doesn't copy DVDs but is itself a spam relay service), using my address in the
Return-path: header. I'm not getting a flood of email but I'm getting all of the rejected messages.
The company paying for this is "vano-soft.biz" which a brief search on the web reveals to be a reviled spam generator.
e.p.c. posted this at 17:21 GMT on 5-Oct-2003 .
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Lisa landed right on time, though I then spent 30 -40 minutes trying to pick her up. You can't stop or idle in front of the terminals at LGA and there is no place to just idle nearby. LaGuardia's roads are also a pain to circle around, unlike O'Hare for example where you can just go around, and around, and around, and around...
Tried out the fireplace in the den this afternoon.
Was just chilly enough to warrant some sort of vain attempt at warming the room.
It looks pretty, but doesn't really kick out any heat.
e.p.c. posted this at 17:34 GMT on 5-Oct-2003 .
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For some unknown reason, there was a fireworks display over the East River, just west of us, from about 7:30 to 8:00 tonight.
Once I peeled myself off the ceiling I ran up to the deck to see what the explosions were.
Seeing the flashes in the windows of the St George verified that it was fireworks and not lower Manhattan imploding again.
At this point I noticed
Frisket was freaking out on the couch in our den.
She is absolutely terrified of fireworks, moreso than horses.
Lisa and I tried to calm Frisket down for the next half hour by holding on to her but she only now is calm (about an hour after the end of the fireworks).
We have no idea what the show was for, seems unlikely to have fireworks for Yom Kippur.
Maybe it was because it was Pulaski day?
e.p.c. posted this at 20:55 GMT on 5-Oct-2003 .
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