Day: February 19, 2003

Of Dogs and Cats

Got this sent to me in an email today:

[Quote] Adam and Eve said, “Lord, when we were in the garden, you walked with us

every day. Now we do not see you any more. We are lonesome here, and it
is difficult for us to remember how much you love us.”
And God said, “No problem! I will create a companion for you that will
be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so
that you will love me even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how
selfish or childish or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept
you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves.”
And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve.
And it was a good animal.
And God was pleased.
And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his
tail. And Adam said, “Lord, I have already named all the animals in the
Kingdom and I cannot think of a name for this new animal.”
And God said, “No problem. Because I have created this new animal to be
a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own
name, and you will call him DOG.”
And dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved
them.
And they were comforted.
And God was pleased.
And dog was content and wagged his tail.
After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said,
“Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen
like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has
indeed taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well.”
And God said, “No problem! I will create for them a companion who will
be with them forever and who will see them as they truly are. The companion
will remind them of their limitations, so they will know that they are not
always worthy of adoration.”
And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve.
And cat would not obey them.
And when Adam and Eve gazed into cat’s eyes, they were reminded that they
were not the supreme beings.
And Adam and Eve learned humility.
And they were greatly improved.
And God was pleased.
And Dog was happy.
And Cat didn’t give a shit one way or the other. [Quote]

Almost

I wonder how many spammers clean their databases and remove addresses that bounce.

I wonder if a week worth of bouncing mail will cut down on the amount of spam I receive.

After no response from my attempts to deal with Network Solution’s web based system, I resorted to calling them today. My registration has finally been renewed, but you’ll have to wait another 24-72 hors hours for the changes to propagate across the DNS system. (This I know, it’s why I waited ’til Wednesday to call.)

Customer support lady surprised me by being very nice and actually rather helpful. (I’ve had some bad experiences with them in the past.) I almost feel guilty about the fact that I’m moving everything to a different registrar, and the only reason I reactivated with netsol is because the domain name can’t be expired if I want to transfer it.

Almost…