Somehow, I missed this the other night. Pure hilarity—maybe especially so because I have a feeling this gave Bob Costas a much-needed laugh.

1. Whatever other tabs you currently have open in your browser, keep them open.
2. Visit WouldYouDoThatIfBarackWasWatching.com.
3. Tell the truth.

Great tidings and broken English:
—–Forwarded Message—–
From: Microsoft Award <mr.petersonjones2@hotmail.com
Sent: Feb 12, 2008 12:10 AM
To: Will Swaim <will@thedistrictweekly.com
Subject: CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10 United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E
Dear Winner,
CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
The prestigious Micrsoft and aol has set out and sucessfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the year 2007 anniversary we rolled out over US$ [...]

so my friend got some press for these pillows he whipped up a few years ago and because of the response, he’s going to make a bunch of them and sell them for $20 each. if you’re an apple nerd who insists on having apple-themed products in your house, these are the couch accessories for [...]

I get text messages from John Edwards about once a week thanks to Twitter, the (probably) doomed to extinction micro-blogging service. Without the inclination to stop the messages, I’m doomed to get more of these, probably exponentially more as the primaries loom. About six months ago, when I first joined Twitter, subscribing to Edwards’ blog [...]