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Take my ID, please
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Seriously, I’m beginning to believe I am cursed:
Northwestern University recently discovered that files containing names and personal identification information were on nine desktop computers that had been accessed by unauthorized persons from outside the University.
You are receiving this e-mail because you are one of as many as 17,000 individuals whose records have been identified as being stored on the computers in the Office of Admission and Financial Aid. Northwestern is continuing to investigate the incident to determine if additional records may have been involved. There is no indication that the unauthorized persons accessed any of the personal information, or were even aware of its existence on those computers.
As soon as the computer security breach was discovered, Northwestern’s technical support personnel shut down the affected computers. In compliance with University policies and privacy regulations, Northwestern is notifying the individuals for whom it has addresses whose information was stored on the computers.
While there is no indication that any personal information was accessed, Northwestern recommends that, as a precautionary measure, anyone who has provided Social Security number information to the University’s Office of Admission and Financial Aid follow the identity theft precautions published by the Federal Trade Commission.
I mean, really, after the year I’ve had–first OU, then my wallet, now THIS? I should just put up an ad somewhere on the Internet advertising my identity to the highest bidder. I might as well profit on it, right??
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Amazing Screw-On Head!
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SciFi has apparently put the entire pilot episode of the animated version of Mike Mignola’s AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD online, for free. I remember reading and loving this — a funny, funny, funny book.
Guess I know what I’m watching over lunch.
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On the Attack
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWSN2zbydKw]
I haven’t been following the Lieberman-Lamont race in Connecticut, even though the political blogosphere has been all-atwitter about it — but this is HILARIOUS.
And frankly, I think that if you have the gumption to pull off this ad, and with a smile like that, you’re going to be the next Senator from CT.
(via josh)
