Dispatch from Babytown

James went to the doctor yesterday. He’s now 23 1/2 inches long and 13 pounds, 9 ounces, two days shy of being six weeks old.

Random soft drink thoughts

So, first off, it’s no longer possible to tell how big of a drink you’re getting from a fast food place any more. Some restaurants have decided to make a token effort and not turn America into porkers any faster than they are, and have reduced sizes on all their drinks. Others have decided that America wants to be porkers, and have stricken small sizes from the menu. So, at Burger King, a medium soda is now the size of something I’d use to shoot tequila, while at Del Taco, a large gets you a Diet Coke the size of a pony keg. (And yes, I’m aware that a pony keg of Diet Coke would be, in fact, the saddest party ever.)

That’s all.

Newspaper spam/scam

Yes, there’s a newspaper-only version of the Nigerian letter scam. In this case, they want to buy free classified ads in a newspaper and, presumably, then use the suckers who fall for it to place ads for the real scams.

I just got one in e-mail:

Hello Editor,

Greetings to you all, I am emailing you to let you know that i am
interested in placing an avdert in your newspaper. Below is the advert
details.
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AD TEXT BELOW :

HEAD LINE : English Bulldogge-Puppies Now Available
We offer you very beautiful puppies bulldog,Puppies will have had their
first well puppy check-up, shots /worming appropriate for age of puppy,
and come with a Certified Health Certificate from our Licensed
Veterinarian.Our bulldogs are breed for looks, health, and tempermant.
Dogs are registered through AKC REG. Take a look, I am sure you will find
them to be adorable.Contact Email: phil_george1102@hotmail.com
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I want you to calculate the total cost for 4 weeks and get back to me.So
that i can send you my Credit Card details for the payment. Please let me
know if you are a daily newspaper or weekly papers.

Phil George.

It’s always English bulldogs, and most of the typos are the same in every one of these e-mails. A glance at Google shows hundreds of sites, mostly free classifieds, have posted this fake ad. Some of them have follow-ups, offering to take someone’s money via Paypal for the non-existent puppies.

I’m in ur computer, diagramming ur sentence

It takes a special breed of geeky to appreciate this, but the grammar of LOLcats has been broken down. That’s right: There’s a right way and a wrong way to talk kitty pidgin.

To be honest, I’ve always expected that cats would talk a certain way if they could speak a human language. I imagine it would rely a lot more on “I” and “me” than “you,” “us” or “we.”

More baby pictures

Photos taken over the last month and change:

I hope you’re happy now!