some people are indeed willing to part with their genesis tickets for a blowjob from a random dude

yesterday i posted an entry titled "i will blow you for genesis tickets" in which i posted a fake craigslist solicitation for tickets to an upcoming concert at giants stadium by the phil collins-fronted band. i received a few responses. here are a few of my favs...


From: [redacted]@hotmail.com>
To: sale-432912540@craigslist.org
Subject: Genesis offer
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:43:27

Your e-mail is too funny!! So funny that I've got to meet you and take you up on the offer.

Do you have a pic?

From: [redacted]@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:44:40 EDT
Subject: (no subject)
To: sale-432912540@craigslist.org

Good luck with that....

From: [redacted]@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:56:26 EDT
Subject: Genesis
To: sale-432912540@craigslist.org

If I did have them I would blow YOU to
take them off my hands.

From: [redacted]@sqrmt.com
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:12:19 EDT
Subject: (no subject)
To: sale-432912540@craigslist.org

I think that I might like to take you up
on that offer. I have 2 tickets but am
looking for a date. So you would have to
come with me. Cool? I;m down for doing
you too.

From: [redacted]@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:34:20 EDT
Subject: i will blow you for genesis tickets
To: sale-432912540@craigslist.org

This is a fake right? If not, I might like
to take that "soft mouth" for a trial run.


the goodbye lecture

i'm gonna depart form my usual nonsense here and post something that i was kinda touched by. this came in an email from a friend last night. i was kinda moved and wanted to share it here. the set-up is below and the video it introduces is below that. the vid is kinda long and the guy doing the intro at the beginning was a tad long-winded, but i feel it's worth the watch nonetheless. enjoy...

A Beloved Professor Delivers
The Lecture of a Lifetime
September 20, 2007

Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer-science professor,
was about to give a lecture Tuesday afternoon, but before he said a
word, he received a standing ovation from 400 students and colleagues.

He motioned to them to sit down. "Make me earn it," he said.

What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last
chance? For Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, the question isn't
rhetorical -- he's dying of cancer. Jeff Zaslow narrates a video on
Prof. Pausch's final lecture.

They had come to see him give what was billed as his "last lecture."
This is a common title for talks on college campuses today. Schools such
as Stanford and the University of Alabama have mounted "Last Lecture
Series," in which top professors are asked to think deeply about what
matters to them and to give hypothetical final talks. For the audience,
the question to be mulled is this: What wisdom would we impart to the
world if we knew it was our last chance?

It can be an intriguing hour, watching healthy professors consider
their demise and ruminate over subjects dear to them. At the University of
Northern Iowa, instructor Penny O'Connor recently titled her lecture
"Get Over Yourself." At Cornell, Ellis Hanson, who teaches a course
titled "Desire," spoke about sex and technology.

At Carnegie Mellon, however, Dr. Pausch's speech was more than just an
academic exercise. The 46-year-old father of three has pancreatic
cancer and expects to live for just a few months. His lecture, using images on
a giant screen, turned out to be a rollicking and riveting journey
through the lessons of his life.

He began by showing his CT scans, revealing 10 tumors on his liver. But
after that, he talked about living. If anyone expected him to be
morose, he said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you." He then dropped to the floor
and did one-handed pushups.

Clicking through photos of himself as a boy, he talked about his
childhood dreams: to win giant stuffed animals at carnivals, to walk in
zero gravity, to design Disney rides, to write a World Book entry. By
adulthood, he had achieved each goal. As proof, he had students carry
out all the huge stuffed animals he'd won in his life, which he gave to
audience members. After all, he doesn't need them anymore.

He paid tribute to his techie background. "I've experienced a deathbed
conversion," he said, smiling. "I just bought a Macintosh." Flashing
his rejection letters on the screen, he talked about setbacks in his
career, repeating: "Brick walls are there for a reason. They let us prove how
badly we want things." He encouraged us to be patient with others.
"Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you." After showing
photos of his childhood bedroom, decorated with mathematical notations
he'd drawn on the walls, he said: "If your kids want to paint their
bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it."

While displaying photos of his bosses and students over the years, he
said that helping others fulfill their dreams is even more fun than
achieving your own. He talked of requiring his students to create
videogames without sex and violence. "You'd be surprised how many
19-year-old boys run out of ideas when you take those possibilities
away," he said, but they all rose to the challenge.

He also saluted his parents, who let him make his childhood bedroom his
domain, even if his wall etchings hurt the home's resale value. He knew
his mom was proud of him when he got his Ph.D, he said, despite how
she'd introduce him: "This is my son. He's a doctor, but not the kind
who helps people."

He then spoke about his legacy. Considered one of the nation's foremost
teachers of videogame and virtual-reality technology, he helped develop
"Alice," a Carnegie Mellon software project that allows people to
easily create 3-D animations. It had one million downloads in the past year,
and usage is expected to soar.

"Like Moses, I get to see the Promised Land, but I don't get to step
foot in it," Dr. Pausch said. "That's OK. I will live on in Alice."

Many people have given last speeches without realizing it. The day
before he was killed, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke prophetically: "Like
anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place." He
talked of how he had seen the Promised Land, even though "I may not get
there with you."

Dr. Pausch's lecture, in the same way, became a call to his colleagues
and students to go on without him and do great things. But he was also
addressing those closer to his heart.

Near the end of his talk, he had a cake brought out for his wife, whose
birthday was the day before. As she cried and they embraced on stage,
the audience sang "Happy Birthday," many wiping away their own tears.

Dr. Pausch's speech was taped so his children, ages 5, 2 and 1, can
watch it when they're older. His last words in his last lecture were
simple: "This was for my kids." Then those of us in the audience rose
for one last standing ovation.




brad pitt donates 10 mil to new orleans lower ninth ward

gotta love brad pitt. a lot of celebrities talk a good game but dude is putting his money where his mouth is, not to mention having bought a residence in NOLA. here's the link to a story...

brad pitt and angelina jolie donate 10 mill to NOLA