Happy Happy

Oops, I let another 2 weeks slide by me.
You tend to get that on the big jobs but!

Nic was in Syd for 2 weeks, just got back.
While he was away, I messed the house right up...all part of a plan...when he got back I had the major guilts, so have now embarked on what is hopefully the cleanup to end all future cleanups.

Am on call for for work until the 20th Jan :(

Flying to Melbourne on the 21st Jan :)

Will be going directly on a road trip to Adelayed, then back in Melbs by Monday.

Had a very merry Christmas, it started on Xmas Eve at Juzzy's place...we all crashed over. Got up waaay to early, waaay to hungover, did the present-swap thing.

I got Olivia a honker-horn thingy for her new dragsterer bike, and I scored a nite-lite for my laptop for all those midnight laptop sessions on the road.
(Seriously!)

We hung at J & I's for a while, but then after a major (blocked) sewer episode, we relocated to the Wellingotn residence in Alawa.

More drink, spa, food etc..alog with a side trip to see Myf, Andy and Gehan(sp?).

It was good-ah.

NYE will have to be semi-restrained as I am on call...but I'll try and find a creative interpretation of "sober" for that night.

CALL me, even if it's just so I can call/text/email you back.

From the big bad world out there; Mobile: + 61 401 021 752 Home: + 61 8 8985 1925
From within Howard's Land of Oz; Mobile: 0401 021752 Home: (08) 89851925

I hope you all have had as good a year as me, and that next year is nice and mellow to you.

Here's to world peace...

(I'm not going to get all worked up about this latest Tsunami thing, but I tell ya, it's HEAVY. I know more than a couple of people who were very lucky with this...and am still waiting to hear from some others in areas that I know quite well, especially in Lanka)

Guess I ended this one on a bit of a low note.

Dave

google

Prompted by one of the emails below, I have just been plugging different stuff into google.

Yes indeed, if you type "morphboy" into google you do get a link to a (somwhat outdated) page about me!

Also of note is: this page.

I haven't had time to fully check this out, but it looks like an online share-trading game. Apparently my nerd blog is doing quite well.

And you thought I had too much time on my hands.

Dave

Emails

Here's some of the weird and wacky emails I've been getting lately.
I'm not sure if it's some elaborate spam address verification scheme; this guy seems to actually exist according to google.

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From: "Joe Woollen" the_hot_dog2003@hotmail.com
To: web-email@abcdefghijkl.org
Date: 10 Dec 2004, 05:40:34 PM
Subject: Your site...

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It is really incredibly bad.

What possessed you to make it, or submit it to google?
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and my reply:

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From: web-email@davesplanet.org
To: "Joe Woollen" Date: 10 Dec 2004, 11:58:37 PM
Subject: Re: Your site...

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Dear Joe,

Firstly I'd like to thank you for your oh-so-constructive criticism.

It's always refreshing to hear from such highly literate people such as yourself.

I'm happy that the 'incredible badness' of my site prompted you to mail and let me know.

As far as being possessed, yes I guess you could say I am; I do so enjoy spewing forth random thoughts online, so that people like you can have some meaning in their lives.

As far as submitting it to google, may I suggest you perform some research on how google actually works? I don't believe there is a 'google submission process'.

My site is listed there because some poor misguided souls not unlike
yourself have linked to it at some time, on some page.

May I ask what prompted you to follow the link to my site?

Thanks ever so much for your most marvellous missive.

Dave
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Ok so I STRONGLY urge you all not to email Joe, unless you have some spam-free setup like I do. If that's the case, please feel free to abuse him at will.


Here's another one (It's a bit more obscure):

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From: "William Bernting" gnutrophy@hotmail.com
To: web-email@davesplanet.org
Date: 12 Dec 2004, 06:08:32 PM
Subject: .....

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I searched on google for Morphboy and u were before me, why are u calling
urself morphboy, its only you and me on the whole web that calls ourselves
morphboy. give me a good reason why ur name is morphboy

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Auktioner: Tjäna en hacka på gamla prylar http://tradera.msn.se
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Weird huh? I actually do call myself morphboy with a particular circle of friends, but I'm not about to spoil the suspense by telling anyone why.

From the above I am not sure if William is kinda challenging me to a "Duel-of-the-nickname" or something.

What do you think? Does he sound a bit demanding to you?

Bear in mind that's he's Swedish, and in my experience the Swedes aren't all that tactful.

Write me a response to this one, I haven't sent anything back yet. Best reply wins some dodgy prize.

(Hi William if you are reading this....now it says "morphboy" in one more place online!)

Dave-O

Hello

Anyone out there still reading?

I know I keep making excuses for not posting much here...I won't bother with any this time.

It's not that I'm _super_ busy doing other stuff; got a fair few hobbies on the go at the moment, it's more like every time I actually think about writing in here I'm not in the right mood, or I just feel as if I haven't got much to say.

I'll just throw in some random stuff and see how that works out.

Hi to Lucy & Deb from work. Hope you enjoy it in here.

(Now I can't write any stuff about how work shits me, I guess!)

Hi Vince, keep the nice photoshopped pics coming, they are always received with a laugh.

Hello to Benny, Dug, Choda, Adman, um who else reads this?

Hello to the random freaks who have been mailing me comments about this page.
I'll include a sample in the next entry.

Here's Unc Vincenzo's latest masterpiece:



"Nah she'll be right Roy, just sign it mate!"

Vince's original comment:
"I have figured how those sweaty guys you work with are so tanned...
They made a pact with the devil."


D