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Happy New Year…

I’m sorry for this odd request because it might get to you too urgent but it’s  just because of the situation of things right now, i’m stuck in London, I came down here on vacation, i was robbed, worse  of it is that bags, cash and cards and my cell phone was stolen at GUN  POINT, it’s such a crazy experience for me, i need help flying back home, the authorities are not being 100% supportive but the good thing is i still have my passport but don’t have enough money to get my flight ticket back home, please i need you to loan me some money, will refund you as  soon as i’m back home, i promise.

Thank you
Rand Winton

Hmmm. No. That’s not real at all.

I replied to it and the hijackers further prompted me to provide help. So they are actively using her account. Great.

After texting her (she’s been bombarded by all her contacts checking whether she’s OK or letting her know she’s been hacked) I tried to login. Of course her password didn’t work. I tried the password retrieval mechanism and it said it was sending the change request email to an address that looks like ******@y****.**.uk — also not my mother.

So, I have reported the problem to Google and am waiting for their response.

It looks like these people also deleted an announcement I posted to Mom’s Facebook wall, too, so I assume they are in there also.

Sometimes the internet is such a jerk!

Update: She has managed to wrangle her Gmail out of the clutches of the baddies. Her Facebook account is currently locked down, but she’s barely concerned about that.

Five years ago, we (finally) made things official. On the list of awesome things I’ve done in my life, this is second only to starting our relationship fourteen years ago.

Here’s to the years yet to come!

We don’t really have any plans for while we’re there. We generally play these things by ear. We do have a couple things that should occupy our time:

• The boy’s birthday shindig on Talk Like a Pirate Day.
• The Wife wants to hit Ripley’s and the wax museum while we’re there.
• There’s a slim chance I might get to bump into an old friend from from way back in my Tennessee days while we’re both in LA. That would be interesting for sure.

Oh and the usual imbibing and staying up late and whatnot.

It’s always fun.

If you’re interested, you can probably keep track of us on Twitter, Flickr, Facebook and all the “web 2.0 social networking” crap like that.

PS: In case there are any internet stalkerati out there: No, our house is not vacant, so buzz off.

The house got wicked hot, but everyone got fed and seemed to have a damned good time. I only got to spend a fraction of the time I should have/wanted to with any one person, but that’s to be expected when your living room looks and sounds like a downtown bus terminal.

The food turned out quite good. I’m very pleased.

The people make the event, though, so thanks all! It was a fantastic evening thanks to you.

Next time we may need to sell tickets or something…

Yesterday a bunch of coworkers and friends helped me sand an stain my deck rail. We had started with the hope of doing the whole damned thing, but that turned out to be an impossible dream.

I’m pretty stoked about the result of the day, though. The rail looks awesome.

Thanks everyone!

He’s still totally awesome.

You see, one afternoon during the first of a series of double bass tracking sessions (Jason Fraticelli was on upright, Spiker on electric…playing at the same time…check out “Whiskey”), Jimmy just happened to stop by Spiker’s Undercarriage Studios on his way home. Ironically, Jimmy was the only one who didn’t drink the whiskey that day (it sure as hell sounds like he did when he launched into a 9 minute freestyle about the beverage).

All of the lyrics that you hear on that song are 100% freestyled. In fact, all of the words on the entire album are freestyled, with the exception of a couple of the hooks. You just can’t make that shit up……

Go get it:

Tiki Torch
Originally uploaded by Jake Sutton.

Fun times were had by all at the Tiki Torch bar in Edgewater, CO.

Highlights:

• Had a meeting with Ma and her giant dog rescue crew and got them introduced to my boss in case we can do some pro-bono work for them. We have a meeting scheduled for this Tuesday, so we’ll see if anything comes of it.
• Took Mingus in for shoulder x-rays to see if anything joint-related was making him gimpy. Turns out the joints look pretty darned good. Hooray no surgery for the dog.
• I had a medical visit myself, but that warrants its own post… Coming soon…
• Painted the kitchen a pretty little shade of blue with the help of The Wife.
• Spent the 4th at Brozo‘s, which is fast becoming tradition. Drank some beers, threw a couple bottle rockets, managed not to start any fires. Y’know, standard stuff.
• The next day we made it out to see the Burlesque As It Was troupe put on a righteous USO-style show. That Charlie Champale is something else, I tell ya. The girls were pretty fun, too. We liked it so much, in fact, we’re going to see them again on the 26th at the Bluebird theater in Denver.
• Today’s highlight was Rafa “Gun Show” Nadal finally finishing off Roger Federer in a marathon Wimbledon final. That and being able to buy a bunch of beer on a Sunday. Nice!

Other than that, I got to watch some Red Sox baseball, but really that hardly matters to me — I don’t really pay attention until September.

So, the iPhone 3G comes out this Friday, eh? Hmmmmm…

That blows.

Enough about me, though, really. How have you been?

Some topics for discussion:

1. Have you seen the Big Picture blog at Boston.com? It’s hot — both in the “that’s sexy” way and that all the cool kids are talking about it.
2. Speaking of cool kids, my buddy and former coworker, Rod, got all internet famous last week with his fake script for Indy 4.
3. This is totally ghey, but skip to the 3 minute mark and it’s a least a little amusing.
4. Speaking of … erm… Yeah. Did you guys see the Turkish wrestling spread in ESPN the Magazine? Yeah, neither did I. I hear it’s totally macho, though.
5. More macho is Sasuke — or as it’s called on the G4 network, Ninja Warrior. Holy crap that show is awesome! Makoto Nagano is my hero.
6. I like plurk a lot. The Interface is light years ahead of Twitter. And if you’re into either of those jammies, check out ping.fm — right this second “letmeping” should work as a beta code.

Other stuff of note:

• My darling Ma has teamed up with some cohorts to start a giant dog rescue. We’re talking Danes, Newfies, Mastiffs, Wolfies, and so on. Wow.
• Think I’m gonna ride the motorcycle into work a least a couple days this week. Turn the stress dial back a couple clicks.
• Oh, I am so getting an iPhone 3G in July. OMG!

G’night, kids.