Day: May 8, 2008

Categories
Commerce Hoaxes Internet Money Shopping

Thursday Night Internet Hoax Hall-Of-Shame

This is a developing Internet hoax:

The following companies just filed for Bankruptcy

Hollywood Video
Levitz
Sharper Image
Performance Team Freight
Linens n Things
Circuit City
Bed, Bath and Beyond

If you have gift cards from the above list use them ASAP, they will not be valid for much longer.

PASS THE WORD.

Actually 3 out of the 7 companies listed above have not filed for bankruptcy, and future variations of this chain E-Mail over the next several months are expected to include even longer (and growing) lists of companies that have not filed for bankruptcy. These chain E-Mails are intended to intentionally frighten the public and slow down E-Mail servers worldwide with bogus information. Don’t base your day-to-day life decisions on chain E-Mails. Don’t fall prey to Internet hoaxes. Use common sense.

Incidentally just because a company has truly filed for bankruptcy does not mean that they have stopped honoring gift cards (although some do just that).

Read more about it.

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Health

I’m Sick ! I Ate A Cricket !

NO – I didn’t really eat a cricket. That’s actually an inside-joke between me and my brother regarding one of our childhood cats.

I ate no such cricket, but I am sick – AGAIN. I am now dealing with my unprecedented 4TH cold in just a little over 6 months (since the last few days of October 2007). It’s also my 2ND cold in just a little over 6 weeks (since Good Friday / Easter Sunday weekend).

I felt the arrival of the cold via the typical first-stage sore throat this past Tuesday afternoon. The sore throat actually dissipated a bit the next day on Wednesday, but my voice was still a bit on the weak side. I had actually planned to stay in last night in lieu of attending Life Group, but I decided at the last minute to go ahead and get some food inside of me and join my friends (since we were doing it at the Atlanta Bread Company anyway). It was the very first time that we did Life Group in a public gathering place. It was a very unique setting, but I definitely prefer having it in a more private intimate setting.

My cold got worse last night and into this morning, and I had a restless and sleepless night as a result of it. If it weren’t for an urgent weekly meeting that I not only attend but also facilitate I probably would have used 8 out of my 1,300+ hours of sick leave accumulated and called in sick. I managed to stay at work for 6 hours this morning, and then I came home at 12 noon.

And so here I am – at home – sick. Once upon a time I used to get a cold about every 18 months to 2 or even 3 years. Now I’m working on my 4TH cold in just 6 months. Back then my rare colds lasted in excess of two weeks. Nowadays these colds come and go within a matter of several days. That’s thanks to my good buddies Mr. Vitamin C, Dr. Airborne, y Señor Zicam. (I refuse to take any cold medications.)