New Gimmick: Tweet Teasing

Have you ever decided to follow someone on Twitter, assuming that they'd be a good source of interesting, if not useful information, only to find out that they tweet the most nonsensical/un-important observations possible (its a hypothetical question, it obviously applies to 90% of Twitters members)?  Starting this week I'm going to address this problem.  Occasionally I'm going to pick a Tweeter that I've chose to follow (you can follow me, @TheAltTab, or by clicking the link in the sidebar) who for whatever reason either isn't living up to expectations, or is annoying the piss out of me with a steady stream of useless tweets.

This weeks target? SI's Seth Davis, who just last night shared with his followers these gems:

"Now Fraschilla is on the laptop, fresh off the Ohio State game. How did he get back to Bristol so fast?"

"Doug Gottlieb is on my laptop for halftime seg on UTEP-NMex St, and he's doing color on Gtown-Mizzou on my TV. The man is everywhere."

"Kemba Walker had 30 again tonight in UConn's win over New Hampshire. Right on his average."

"Illinois is really hard to watch sometimes. Lots of talent, but not enough mud in their blood. Stop settling for jump shots and DRIVE."

And several other occasions where he is just commenting on time and score like a radio play-by-play announcer.

Seth- The reason people follow you is for your perceived inside information, not casual insights that anyone watching these games on their couch can deliver.  Follow me this week as I reply to Seth's posts in a sarcastic and taunting manner, at least until he blocks me. 

FBI Targeting Spam King

No, sadly not that spam...

NOVEMBER 30--An FBI investigation has identified the young Russian man behind the notorious “Mega-D” botnet, the malicious network of more than 500,000 infected computers that was capable of sending ten billion spam e-mails a day and, until late last year, reportedly accounted for nearly a third of the spam clogging the Internet, The Smoking Gun has learned.

Why are we wasting our time with this? If anything Mega-D (sick name by the way) should be recognized for his accomplishments.  1/3 of all the Spam on the internet? That's one of the more impressive stats I've heard in a while.  

But really what is the harm in spam? At this point the only people falling for these things are willingly getting involved or are so dumb they're beyond help.  I mean have you checked your spam folder lately?  These things are hilarious, porn and male enhancer offers, discounted luxury items, tales of foreign royalty in need of your help, a ridiculous amount of foreign bride offers, and apparently, I've won approximately 12 different lotteries in Europe and the UK within the last month.  Each either containing infinite grammatical and spelling errors, or impossible promises of riches from absolute strangers (not to mention there would seem to be a very large amount of millionaire heirs in some of these African countries which are supposedly impoverished).  

How are these anymore dangerous than actual junk mail and credit card offers that come through regular mail?  I'm going to say on average I receive 7 credit card offers a week, despite the on-going debt crisis and credit reform.  In addition, who hasn't received these ludicrous pyramid scheme letters, if I send $1 out to twelve different people and then tell 10 myself I'll somehow make $130k this year.  People are far more likely to fall for that than spam which is largely filtered (unless it actually works? Does it actually work? excuse me, I'm going to go get 12 stamps).

Tom Brady, Ugg Endorsement

God damnit Tom, couldn't you just be cool?  Yea you're an MVP, super bowl winning qb, with a super model wife, but shit, you're queer as hell these days.

Is it wrong of me to say that? I've held back for quite some time now, the Stetson modeling, all the GQ appearances, that dicked up photo shoot he did with sheep or goat thing, this whole Justin Bieber hair thing, Giselle just shitting all over your manhood whenever I open the Boston Herald.  Most of that I could laugh off and pretend it was his James Bond-ish suave side. But I have to draw the line somewhere and lash out and this is it.  The only men (hardly) I've seen wearing uggs were eating brunch together at a cafe during my time in the North End.

Sure he's still at the top of his game and I still believe he's the guy you want with 2 minutes remaining in a game.  At the same time is it so wrong for me to want to root for a QB who's comfortable in his wranglers (and apparently too comfortable in his Crocs), or wears the pants in his relationships (and puts his women in their place once in a while), or has bad ass pets more fitting of a QB (and punishes them when they disappoint him, instead of coddling)?  

I guess as long as the Pats continue on their quest for Title No. 4 this Monday against the Jets I'll settle for rooting for our Goody Two Uggs QB, even if he's a little lighter in those loafers than I care to think about.  But could you at least pick up a taunting flag or something?