07 Tuesday Oct 2008
I normally just ignore and delete Nigerian and Phishing scam emails I receive, but the one I got the other day was just so bloody stupid that I felt I had to share. I was told I’d won the UK Sweepstakes International Programme – and a million pounds!
Of course they wanted more information from me … and I was supposed to believe that some dude with a Hotmail email addy was in charge of something like this? The mind reels.
Anyhow, below is the email in full – dern shame it weren’t fer real…
06 Wednesday Aug 2008
Back in May 2007 //engtech somehow got me started on Twitter. So I set up my page there but never used it because I wasn’t sure what to do with it.
Then I recently noticed that other blog buddies Lori and raincoaster were also ‘twittering’ so I had another look at it today … and I still can’t figure it out. As in, what it’s for. Is there really any point to it?
Maybe I just need more friends on my list?
28 Monday Jul 2008
Or at least it all started at truce’s …
Most of you know what a gadget junkie I am. If not, just check out here and here and here and here and here (to mention but a few of my recent gadgety obsessions).
Anyhow, the other day I read about truce getting a new iPhone and kinda thought “oh, that would be nice” … then a few days later I saw an ad for one on TV showing a few of the very coolísimo things it can do and I’ve been filled with covetous desire ever since.
Of course, given my present situation (living on donations and having a rather uncertain future) this dream is not about to become a reality anytime soon, if ever. But I can still dream and yesterday Nog said that I may become the first person to overcome cancer because she wanted to justify buying herself an iPhone. 😉
04 Friday Jul 2008
I got this email from Blogged.com the other day …
Dear Casa Az author,
Our editors recently reviewed your blog and have given it an 8.3 score out of (10) in the Personal Blogs category of Blogged.com.
This is quite an achievement!
We evaluated your blog based on the following criteria: Frequency of Updates, Relevance of Content, Site Design, and Writing Style.
After carefully reviewing each of these criteria, your site was given its 8.3 score.
Please accept my congratulations on a blog well-done!!
I don’t recall submitting my blog to Blogged.com but it’s always cool to receive a little recognition. I show up on page ten on the Personal Blogs link, or you can click on the pic to see my page there. 😎
01 Thursday May 2008
Posted in blogging, friends, internet, life stuff
Gosh, seems like it was just a year ago that I was doing this.
In many ways this second year of casa az was even better than the first. I’ve met even more wonderful people, including two that are threatening planning to visit this summer – nursemyra and daisyfae (eep! Sevilla will never be the same!). I also had a recent visit from hmh and her husband, as well as from my dear friends Sara & Steve who were here last autumn (met on h2g2 but they also show up here from time to time).
So far I’ve been keeping up with the blog 365 challenge, though now that my real life is picking up I don’t know if I’ll manage the whole year. But I’ve actually been enjoying it because it makes me think about my day and then come up with something that happened, or something I came across, that I’d like to share or make a note of here.
Well, just to say that I’m very happy to still be here with you all.
Because it really is you guys that make this all worthwhile.
casa azahar 