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Mikeward v8.0 is the personal website for Mike Ward, the former east coast, now midwest, computer geek/naval officer. It is a place for me to document my random thoughts, ideas, travel tips, sea stories etc... a place for pics of the places I've been and the things I have seen... pretty much what makes me happy. Feel free to read and share...


Archive for the 'kvetch' Category

Children must be accompanied at all times…

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

I see this sign in the town where I work all the time, and although I know the intent of the sign, I can’t seem to get past the unintentional ‘literal meaning’. I find it a very unsettling. Mouseover the pic to see what I mean.

Seven words, not the dirty ones….

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

‘George Carlin died Sunday of heart failure’ Not everyone’s favorite comic, but he made me remember, he made me think, and he made me laugh. From his Catholic school stories, to Al Sleet (the Hippy Dippy Weatherman), to the meaning of words and how people use them, he always had a passion for what he [...]

1 week, 6 days, 17 hours, and 17 minutes

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

In case you were wondering, that is the amount of time it takes to accumulate 5000 SPAM email messages in your spam folder. Well, thats how long it took me. Would love to hear how long it takes somebody else.

Parents just don’t understand…

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

I was doing a Blingo search the other day and I came across this post on MySpace written by a young man whose blog reminded me very much of how I felt at his age. I won’t go into details, or post a link to it, but it was one of those things that gave [...]

The week in review

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Two big stories in the news this week that I felt I needed to comment on:

Smelly Phishing Bait Part 2

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Obviously the people (read dumbasses) at the fake PayPal site who are trying to phish for personal information did not read my previous phishing post. The one I got from ‘PayPal’ today said, and I quote;

Smelly Phishing Bait

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

Phishing, that act of impersonating another person via email to get you to log in to a false website designed to steal your personal information is rampant. I get emails a few times a day from people claiming to be banks, PayPal, EBay etc… stating that my account has been breached

If I ever find James Michael Ward I’m gonna…

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Who is James Michael Ward and what in the hell does he have to do with me? That’s what I would like to know.