A Peek Behind the Spammy Curtain

Wow, you guys.

I thought I had seen it all as far as spam comments went.

Yeah, that was before I found the THREE THOUSAND WORD comment caught in my spam filter.

Yes, you read that right – 3,000 words.  3,202 words to be precise.

It is, like, the master spam comment.  It has every single spam comment you’ve ever received ALL IN ONE COMMENT, ZOMG.

Let’s take a look, shall we?

Aw, Leon!  You ARE awesome!  Thanks for ones marvelous comment!

WOW!  Your blog roll AND your RSS?  I am SO FLATTERED!

Wait, Leon.  I thought you’d just found me?  But now you’ve been stalking following for a while?  Which is it?   I think you really need to get your act together.

OH.  MY.  GAWD.  SO META!

I WILL!  Thanks so much for all the fantastic comments, Leon!  You’re my new favourite spammer, for suresies.

Oh, but…I guess he wasn’t done yet?  He wrapped up the most epic comment in all of spamdom with this:

I know it is, Leon.  I know it is.  But thank you for saying so.  It really means a lot.

If you’re interested in seeing ALL of leonisawesome.com’s spam comment to end all spam comments, you can click on page two!  (I just learned how to do that, I feel so fancy.)

Have any of you had this happen to you?  I am so confused.  Poor Leon is probably going to lose his job as a dirty spammer after this.  [sadface]

ps.  If you like this post, you can thank Susie for making me write it.

ps².  I went looking for spammy/meat curtains for this post.  DO NOT DO THAT GOOGLE SEARCH WITHOUT SAFE SEARCH ON.  I am serious.  And if you do it, DON’T BLAME ME because I warned you.

30 Day Book Challenge: Day 5

This category is kind of silly, because it makes the assumption that people don’t generally read or enjoy non-fiction.  What I DON’T usually read are biographies (not for any particular reason, I am just not a huge fan).  Most of the non-fiction books I read are collections of essays, but when it came down to it, I knew exactly which book I was going to choose for this category (although it was close, and this was the runner-up).

A Non-Fiction Book I Actually Enjoyed

It’s no surprise that I’m a Python (Monty) fan to any of you, if you’ve read the blog for any period of time at all, you’ll know that.

I wasn’t even sure what I was expecting from this book when I started reading it, all I really knew was that my husband had purchased it for me and brought it home because he thought I would enjoy it.

It’s exactly what the title claims it is, Eric Idle’s diary from the 2003 Greedy Bastard tour.  It’s not about the other Python members, it’s his daily diary entries during the fall of that year.

Mixed in with the expected silliness are some truly touching stories as he reminisces during his daily letters to himself (and us).  I had to put the book down and walk away for a bit as he remembered his friendship with the late George Harrison on the anniversary of his death.

Few people can manage to discuss friendship with such clarity, to be able to impart what that friendship meant to them to their readers, and I had no idea something like this could come from one of my favourite funny men.

Parts of it made me uncomfortable (he’s kind of a lech, really), but for the most part it was a highly satisfactory read.

Even if you don’t read the whole thing, take a look at what he has to say about my favourite Beatle and try to walk away without a lump in your throat.

I dare you.

That’s QUITE enough, Minstrel

YAY, IT’S FINALLY HOLY GRAIL DRINKALONG DAY!

I hope you’re all ready with your copies of one of my very favourite movies of all time…and a hefty beverage.  I could have made a billion rules (and in fact, I DID make a billion rules) but decided anything more than what I’ve included here would result in us all being far too trashed only ten minutes into the movie.

Here are the rules:

Click for full size (twss).

Countdown Clock! (Remember, 10:15 pm EDT, just like with the others.  We can discuss changing the time for the next movie.)

I made this tweetchat room #kwsNi, because I couldn’t think of anything else and because #ikiikiikipatangzoopanzaa was too damn long.  Hopefully next drinkalong we can come up with a semi-permanent hashtag?

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!  <3 <3 <3

Tentative Executive Decision

I made this!

As the title suggests, I’ve gone ahead and made what I’m choosing to call a tentative executive decision.

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• September 21, 2012
• Same bat time as the previous drinkalongs (10:15pm EDT)
• We will be making our own rules, so leave them in the comments for me to pick and choose!
• Since this isn’t technically a #PtBiB event, I feel like we need a new hashtag for our livetweet.  Any suggestions?

Now, I know you all can see that this is three weeks from today.  I figure this is PLENTY OF TIME to allow those of you who don’t already own this movie (um…what the hell is wrong with you?) to procure a copy.

I’m hoping that the majority of our #PtBiB crew will join in, as well as some new faces.  If you don’t have a twitter account, SET ONE UP JUST FOR THIS!

Hope to see you all there!

Post Script:  There is now a ZOMBIE UNICORN tee shirt in our shop!  You can click here to check it out.

Post Script 2:  Had I mentioned that I’m now a contributor over at Insatiable Booksluts?  My first post in a series of Mix Tapes for literary characters went up yesterday.  Please check it out and comment!

Top Five+Mix Tape:  What Really Matters is What You Like, Not What You ARE Like

She Doesn’t Look Like a Monkey and I’m Sure She Smells Quite Nice

It’s Meghan’s birthday.

I was going to write a sappy post about how incredibly glad I am that she’s my friend, how happy I am to know her and how lucky I am that she decided she wants to work with me,  but decided instead to just post a bunch of things I know will make her laugh.

• Every time something awesome happens, Meg sends me this picture.  High five from Andy Samberg for your birthday, Meg.

  

• Meg is obsessed with LotR (obvs, since we’re friends).  We have had entire discussions using only memes.  Oh, and there was that one time where we were discussing the show Weeds and she got all excited and said “I LOVE WEED!” so now I tease her about it mercilessly.  We never let each other forget typos.  So, Meg, look – Gandalf loves weed too!

• No explanation necessary for this one, I don’t think?

  

• When this came out, we could not stop laughing at the dancing Ood.  Dancing Ood for you on your special day, Meghan.
  
  
• Finally, Meghan – I can think of anyone I’d rather ride off into the wilds of Mars on the back of a unicorn with than you.  Happy Birthday, my friend.  <3