Esprit De Escalier

I was compelled to read this spam solely by the liberal bang + dot usage. Well played Mr Huang!!!…. After reading this one I feel it is an excellent specimen with its repeated requests for confidentiality and the super secret nature of all of those bank accounts. I’m almost swayed by the danger implied - very cloak n dagger. Ok, so it’s a slow work day. Anywho. Enjoy!

Dear friend,

How are you today and business in your country?I am Huang,Bank
Manager of bank of Overseas,Taiwan. I would respectfully request
that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect
the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this
mail. I contacted you independently of our investigation and no
one is informed of this communication.

A British Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals
Corporation, Mr.Bowen Atkinson made a numbered time (Fixed)Deposit
of $30,000,000.00 for twelve calendar months and not too long Mr.
Bowen Atkinson died from an airplane crash.The bank immediately
launched an investigation into possible surviving next of kin to
alert about the situation and also to claim his estate. If you are
familiar with private banking affairs,those who patronize our services
usually prefer anonymity,but also some levels of detachment from
conventional processes.In his bio-data form,he listed no next of kin.
In the field of private banking,opening an account with us means no
one will know of its existence, accounts are rarely held under a name;
depositors use numbers and codes to make the accounts anonymous

The bank immediately launched an investigation into possible surviving
next of kin to alert about the situation and also to claim his estate.
I alone know of the existence of this deposit as far as Bank Overseas
is concerned, the bank’s management has no single idea of what? the
history or nature of the deposit. They are simply awaiting instructions
to release the deposit to any party that comes forward.I am aware of
the consequences of this proposal. If my offer is of no appeal to you,
delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. If you give me
positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion.
I will always call you and please contact me only through this email
below.My official lines are not secure lines as they are periodically
monitored to assess our level of customer care in line with our Total
Quality Management Policy.

Please observe this instruction religiously. Please, again, note I am a
family man, I have a wife and children. I send you this mail not without
a measure of fear as to what the consequences may be, but I know within
me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches
never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have
learned from my private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence.
Please reply to my private Email: mrhuang1001@yahoo.com.tw
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Huang

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Easy come…easy go…

Mini Cooper S b&w

Considering that my day started with dropping my car off at the dealership, I'd head right back there and pay my bill. If I'm lucky I just might have enough money left over to drown my sorrow with a bottle of wine from Whole Foods.

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I occasionally receive emails from French companies and organizations. My French is beyond rusty but lucky for me, I have a decent speaker/reader in my household. I spotted this in my junk mail folder a few weeks ago and clicked the link to check out the site. I was immediately and simultaneously impressed and jealous. Check it out; Google will translate the pages for you, if you don’t speak French yourself. Regardless of you feel about the specific political parties, this is a really cool idea.

Bonjour Madame, Monsieur,

J’ai le plaisir du vous informer qu’une révolution politique est en-cours, une nouvelle forme de démocratie à vue le jour, “La démocratie participative en ligne” par le biais du Cyber Parlement.

Cliquez ici pour devenir un cyber parlementaire ou recopiez le lien ci-dessous
http://cyberparlement.com/enregistrer.php?r=9101319

Le portail www.Cyberparlement.com a ainsi pour but de proposer de nombreux outils en ligne pour débattre sur les choix politiques de l’économie française, pour éclaircir les enjeux des différentes réformes du service-public et/ou la baisse des impôts et vous permettre de prendre place au monde politique en contribuant directement en ligne à travers de nouveaux modes de démocratie participative à la vie politique de votre pays.

Le Cyber Parlement se fonde sur l’idéologie et les techniques du Web 2.0 et des réseaux sociaux pour permettre la création et l’échange d’idées politiques proposées par les utilisateurs et exploiter l’intelligence collective dans un esprit de collaboration en ligne.

Par le biais de ces moyens de communication sociale, des individus ou des groupes d’individus pourront collaborer ensemble pour établir les lois, les modifier ou les commenter en fonction des expériences personnelles de chacun.

CyberParlement.com utilisent beaucoup de techniques, telles que les flux RSS et autres flux de syndication Web, les blogues, les wikis, le partage de photos, le vidéo-partage, des podcasts, les réseaux sociaux, le bookmarking collaboratif, les mashups, les mondes virtuels, le cyber vote et plus encore.

je vous prie d’agréer, Madame, Monsieur, l’expression de mes salutations distinguées.

L’quipe du Cyber Parlement
www.CyberParlement.com

My translation – Remember that I did say “rusty”.

Hello Madam, Sir,
I am pleased to inform you that a political revolution is in progress, a new form of democracy for today, “Participatory democracy online” via the Internet Parliament.

The portal www.Cyberparlement.com offers many online tools to discuss the political choices of the French economy, to clarify the issues of different public-service reforms and / or lower taxes. You can contribute to the political world by being involved directly online through new methods of participatory democracy in the political life of your country.

Cyber Parliament is based on philosophy and techniques of Web 2.0 and social networks to enable the creation and exchange of political ideas proposed by users and utilize collective intelligence in a spirit of online collaboration.

Through these means of social communication, individuals or groups of individuals can work together to establish laws, edit or comment based on their personal experiences.

CyberParlement.com use many techniques such as RSS syndication feeds and other web blogs, wikis, photo sharing, video sharing, podcasts, social networks, collaborative bookmarking, mashups, virtual worlds, internet voting and more.

Please accept, Madam, Sir, the expression of my highest consideration.

The Cyber Parliament Team
www.CyberParlement.com

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Dormancy beckons
We should loosen our burdens
Like trees drop their leaves

Autumn in Phoenix
Hot and green kind of like
Summer in Phoenix

Crimson, orange and
Gold the leaves turn in fall
A surge of beauty

Autumn brings costumes and
Candy to celebrate the
Last breath of summer

As the temperature
Drops I long to curl up and
Hole up like a bear

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Bodhisattva and Compassion

The problem with changing anything that happened in the past is that you’d likely wind up impacting the present. I try not to look back at situations in the distant past, mostly because there really isn’t anything you can do about them. I also believe that directing energy to re-experiencing your past can eat at you, preventing you from living right now and hampering your growth as an individual. In my opinion, regret is a pernicious bugger once you start entertaining it.

That being said, when I was younger I was quick to judge and even quicker to react. Any relationship could and often would end on a pet peeve or tiny slight that I’d turned into a character condemning indicator. Once the mark was written it was written in stone and I would sever all ties permanently. I realize now that those traits or reactions come from a defensive outlook. My reasoning was that in quickly eliminating individuals who could potentially hurt me, I would escape the possibility of greater harm once trust was established. Unfortunately, for me, I failed to recognize that there is value in putting yourself out there, working through issues with the people around you and learning how to build strong relationships through the an occasional failure.

If I could go back in time and change something in my life, I would change my approach to relationships to one based on compassion and leave the stoniness for those who really deserved it.

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Peaches
The scent of peaches reminds me of taking long afternoon walks in the summertime with my grandfather. He lived on Peachtree Street, which was in fact lined with peach trees, and by August the air was completely overtaken by the smell of ripening peaches.

My son
There isn’t any other person in the world who can make me laugh louder, smile broader or drive me crazier than my child.

Running
Endorphins! Well and also the complete solitude of running while the rest of the world is still asleep; nothing but the sound of my shoes hitting the trail while I try to spot the constellations in the sky and avoiding the occasional critter. It’s the one time that I truly feel part of the world. .

Conversations
I so enjoy having in depth intelligent conversations with people. It doesn’t matter if we share the same view point; in fact it’s often better if we don’t. I appreciate the dialogue and the occasional challenge.

Affection
It can save the world!! Don’t believe me? Go hug someone right now!

Yoga
Nothing I “do” can put my mental self more in tune with my physical self than yoga. I’m instantly internally aware and externally absent at the same time and content to become lost in the process.

Cupcakes
Frosting!

Gaming
A great game will have something to fit every mood and there are times in a persons life where a little pwnage makes it all OK.

Companions

The process can be daunting but if you stick it out through the rough patches you come out the other side with a bond that just makes life more enriching. There are few things in more comforting than knowing someone and being known by them in turn.

Painting
It’s one of the few thing that I do just for the pure selfish pleasure of it.

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From: Help Desk
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
To: All Staff
Cc: Help Desk
Subject: Help Desk Alert: Fire Drill Today! Did You Take Your Laptop With You?

Alert: In a building evacuation, it’s critical that you take your laptop with you for Business Continuity purposes.

We had a building-evacuation fire drill today, and the Help Desk staff observed that only about 1/10 (at most) staff had a laptop outside with them. Of course not everyone has a laptop, but a large percentage does… While we know that this was a drill only, it’s important that everyone form one important habit: if you’re leaving the building, your laptop should come with you. This would allow us to continue doing business should we lose access to our facility for any period of time.

Please consider this in the next drill, or if we have a real evacuation at any time.

Thank you!

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