Nice day around the house. Diane , the dogs and I got out in the woods today and saw that animals had eaten most of the seeds an backed stuff we’d let on the tree the other night
My Mom showed up around 3:15 and we’ve been hanging out with her, Gabe, Tom, and Deb… .. There’s enough conversation going on around me that I was able to get a little bit of recreational tech done. My buddy Tim yesterday turned me on to pi-hole .. an open source ad-blocker that works for your whole house. It uses a raspberry pi to provide a DNS server that filters out nearly all adds on web pages, etc.
It’s an amazing project !.. such a clean install.. and great community.. Projects like this inspire me so much.. !!!
see.. no ads ! and it works like that for anything that uses our router.
Just as we sat down for our first batch of Chanukah latke i got a ping on my Facebook messenger,, The person claimed to be a good friend of mine.. one of my first bosses at IBM.. not a big Facebook user.. ..
Here’s a transcript of the next hour.. ..
Facebook
Hello
How are you?
Hi XXX.. doing well.. How are you ?
I am good too. Did anyone recently contact you about your Social Private Assistance Package?
No … what’s that ?
It’s a grant program that provides financial support to people who were eligible by email and I’m surprised no one contacted you cos i saw your details among the beneficiaries when the agent delivered my grant to me, so i am wondering if you got yours too???
No one contacted me .. you got a grant ?
I was approved for $90,000.00 package and I got it in 12 hours right after i completed my verification with the agent
Yes
Wow .. 90k ? What was it for ?!
That was the amount i applied for and already using it for my holiday
follow this link to reach the online claim agent his name is Richard Charles click on this link and inbox him that you want to claim your winning assistance package…
Thanks ! I’m checking it out ! I could really use that money !
Yes, add the agent now and tell him you want to claim a grant
is that safe ?
It is real and legit, contact the agent now
this late at night ?
Contact him now and tell him you want to claim a grant, do it now
ok.. I’ll do it !
Okay
thank you for keeping this conversation going long enough.
You welcome, but make sure you add him up and keep me updated
i will
Благодарим Вас за сохранение этого разговор достаточно долго. Это позволило мне получить обратный отслеживания зонда, установленного на вас. Приятного вечера
Okay
Have you added him yte?
eating
Okay, tell me when you add him
ok.. listen.. I’m a security analyst.. .. i have really enjoyed this.. and I know you are just doing your job. i don’t want to waste more of your time.. but I am really curious how many people actually do go and hit that link and talk to the agent. ?
Chat Conversation End
This is the second time this has happened to me. The first time was very similar.. a guy who used Facebook a few times.. then never touched it again..
It’s funny and sad that there was a real human.. at the other end of the exchange.. someone trying to make a living.. maybe feed a family ?.. off of scamming folks like me…
I’ve had a funny week .. on one hand.. I’m trying to be totally offline… I don’t think i’ve ever felt less social.. I’ve been ignoring my email , not using twitter… not posting on facebook. on the other hand.. Due to something.. maybe other people’s free time ? … I’m looking more active that I’ve ever been in social media.
I managed to be on Reddit the other night because of the selfie I took with Bernie .. ‘
Had a kinda weird blog post that went out from work.. that got a bunch of views
I was looking for a nice word for boredom.. he good kind. I tried a few.. lassitude, torpor, lethargy, indolence, lethargy.. but none of them capture the pleasant side of having nothgn to do.. and getting nothing done. I’m just now really able to quiet my mind after the end of year’s frenetic pace. I’ve starteda few projects.. but made little progress because my ambition is stuck in low gear.
I just came up with the perfect word..
Lanquor – the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia.
let’s hear it for pleasant tiredness and inertia !!!!
