The Amazing Race moves closer to its finale tonight, at 8PM on CBS. Check it out.
Secondly, this page probably won't look like it used to until the weekend. Im real busy keeping the computers at work safe from the MS Blast worm that's taking down computers everywhere. I can't even get through to the Windows Update site, so I can't fix some computers that are still vulnerable.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, Read This. It will tell you what to do if you're infected and how to update your computer. Not sure if you're vulnerable to this worm (virus)? Well, if you use any version of Windows and you haven't gone to Windows Update in a while, then you probably are. I'm pretty sure that anti-virus software won't stop this one either. Make sure you patch your computer. Or use Linux.
P.S. I'm going to see Ben Folds friday. Good times.
Lots of things have occured in the last week. There was that whole blackout thing that reached all the way out here to Detroit, knocking out power from Thursday afternoon until late Friday night/Saturday morning. Then, to top it off - there was some sewage problems that forced us to boil our drinking water until Monday. So everything you use water for - cooking, brushing your teeth - needed bottled water. What about boiling you say? I don't know about you, but in my mind there is no amount of boiling that makes water laced with turd remnants drinkable.
In addition, my Ben Folds concert got postponed until Monday. Ben was great as usual - the only problem was that I attended the concert with people who were there to see the second act, TORI AMOS! So, after Folds moved along, I contemplated suicide for the next two hours as thousands of lesbians (its possible that some were heterosexual, but simply a little "butch") rocked back and forth to music of the rainforest. It was like my very own Lillith fair, with the added bonus of having carpooled - depriving me of my exit.
In computer news - the "SoBig" virus unleashed itself today. If you have received any email with attachments that end in ".pif" DO NOT OPEN THEM!!! In addition, a quirk of the virus is that if your friend gets infected, their computer will begin sending out infected emails to every email address on their computer (including you) as well as send emails that appear to be from you , even though they are not actually from you. This helps the virus by making it hard to track where the virus is coming from.
The practical result? If your friend is infected, you may get messages from various mail servers saying that you are infected with a virus, and you sent an infected email to an address you've never seen before. By sending emails from other email addresses, the virus makes it look like you are infected when you are not.
Have you been infected? Run and anti-virus program. They are an absolute necessity on any Windows computer. Want a good, free program? Visit grisoft.com and download a copy. If you have been infected - DO NOT just reformat your computer or system restore. Go to a virus site - like www.symantec.com, (the creators of Norton Anti-Virus) and read the instructions on how to rid yourself of the worm.
Wow that's a lot of stuff.
P.S. It looks like we're pretty close to picking up some stations at work. Cool.
As many of you may know, I am a huge fan of The Wire, which has surpassed Sports Night as my favorite TV show of all time. This Sunday, season 2 comes to its climax - a moment I have been anticipating since early June when the season began.
Season 1 was simply outstanding. A complex, interwoven plot both propelled you forward to the edge of your seat - and also yanked you back to seemingly insignificant characters and plot points from weeks earlier. Much like the first few seasons of OZ, when small slights led to revenge seasons later (and before it simply got ridiculous) this is a show that actually requires you to pay attention - but rest assured, this is no effort. It is harder to look away than not.
Don't believe me? The Star Ledger agrees. So, there. If you've been watching, you clearly know the finale is Sunday. If you haven't, then don't start now. Wait until HBO replays the entire season. It will be worth your while.
Well, it happened. This Sunday afternoon - on opposite corners - two high school bikini car washes set up shop, each trying to lure the sexually frustrated out of their homes for a little automobile cleansing (not a sick metaphor). One is disturbing enough... but two is just a sign of the impending Apocalypse.
Undaunted, and being the young capitalists they are, they soon realized that they would have to fight for customers - they only way they could. The result was lines of scantily clad cheerleaders (all criminally underage) causing traffic slowdowns and near-accidents. They had posters held high above their heads (as if the line of 12 well-tanned girls wan't enough of an attention getter) as they yelled for passersby to pull into the station.
Again, all of this is wrong. Horribly wrong. And yet....
