The Life of Damox
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Pastor Electrocuted During Baptism
Here's another odd story that doesn't fit into the subject of any of my other blogs. A Texas pastor was electrocuted when he grabbed a microphone while partially submerged during a baptism ceremony. The article says the congregation performed chest compressions for 40 minutes before taking him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 40 minutes? 40 MINUTES?!?! Police say no emergency call was made, so apparently the congregation expected God to provide him with the proper medical assistance. Well we can all see how that turned out, maybe they'll just try calling 911 next time. Or perhaps they could try praying to a new God, such as the Flying Spaghetti Monster, who will nurture and protect them with his noodly appendeges.
BREITBART.COM - Just The News
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Save the Wee Turtles
It has been a fortnight (more or less) since I last posted on this blog. I now have a massive blog network, if massive happens to be what you consider nine to be. You can find them all at the following URL:
http://www.damox.com/blogs-and-forums.htm
Anyway, I don't have a blog for topics like this, although I probably will very soon. A volcano has erupted on a Galapagos island known for its diverse fauna and also the famed Giant Tortoises which Darwin discovered there 170 years ago. Did you know that Darwin took some of those tortoises back to England with him, and one of the tortoises he took is still alive? It's currently in a zoo in Australia, run by none other than the famed crocadile hunter, Steve Irwin. The giant tortoise is over 170 years old, and it hasn't seen another of its kind in nearly 150 years. Remember when this post used to be about a volcano eruption? I've really got to work on staying on topic. Do people still read paragraphs over a couple sentences long. Seriously though, check out the other blogs, they're 100x better than this one, guaranteed.
CNN.com - Volcano erupts on Galapagos island - Oct 23, 2005
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Another test
I'm really sorry about this, Blogger is really messing up big time for me. It's showing up alright most of the time in IE, but I get an old template file in Firefox. Uggghhhh. I know these people used to work for free, but this is part of Google now. They have billions of dollars, fix this!
This is a Test
I've encountered some serious problems with Blogger over the past few days. The really need to make a better tutorial. Their instructions appear to have been outsourced to India, because I can't figure out what the heck they are saying. Hopefully this post will work.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Stop Smiling Magazine
It's been a long time since I blogged about my affection for literary magazines, but I just have to tell everyone about Stop Smiling. They are a bi-monthly (6 issues per year) magazine, and each issue features at least 2 different covers. In the June issue you get either the H.W. Ross or the Hunter S. Thompson cover. Their focus tends to be on literary figures, but they have also ran pieces on actors and musicians. I've only read the most recent issue, but from what I've seen the magazine is just spectacular. The writing is some of the best published material I've read in years, and the pictures are better than most corporate magazines. The quality of this magazine is just incredible (even the paper feels a little thicker). If you have any problems with the magazine, such as delivery condition, you will find that Stop Smiling has the most caring and helpful customer service (via email) you have ever experienced from a magazine publisher. I swear to God, I have not been paid a dime to make this endorsement, it's just been a long time since I was so pleased with a product and the people who produce it.
Stop Smiling Magazine: The magazine for high-minded lowlifes
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
The End of Innovation Futures
Innovation Futures is a predictive market created by MIT several years ago. People could purchase "contracts" on such things as the daily outcome of the NASDAQ along with more unique "props," such as the whether or not the price of a gallon of gas would average over $2.50 by the end of the year. Just today, Jonathan, who was put in charge of Innovation Futures, announced that the program will be discontinued. Apparently MIT is making some widespread changes, and predictive markets had no place in their future. As an avid player, I am deeply disappointed by this announcement. I encourage you to visit the Innovation Futures website and send an email to MIT personnel, telling them how important such a program can be, if they just utilize it better. They're smart people, they should have already known this.
Innovation Futures
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Affiliate Marketing Guru Corey Rudl Dies in Crash
I realize most of my readers have no idea who Corey Rudl was, but he is someone many indepedent publishers looked up to as a God. He died in an auto accident at California Speedway on Thursday, June 2. He died in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, an incredibly fast car that is unfortunately a sad side effect of being able to afford expensive things. Corey claimed to have made over $40 million over the past 10 years, and he did it with clever advertising techniques, as opposed to spam or parasites. He was one of the best advertising copy writers ever, and many, including myself, wish they could write copy like Corey did. Corey, you will be missed.
Pioneer marketer dead at age 34
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Deep Throat Revealed and Confirmed
It is now official. The legendary "Deep Throat," who leaked information about President Nixon's role in the Watergate burglary, is W. Mark Felt, former #2 guy at the FBI. Felt, 91, has come forward with the revelation, and Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the reporters made famous for their use of the scoop and their coverage of the scandal, have confirmed he was the man in the shadows. Cheers to you, Mr. Felt, you did this nation a great service, and you went beyond the call of duty to protect the integrity of the White House. We could use a man like you today.
CNN.com - Report
