The How-To Hermit

Questions. Answers. Neither.

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9 February 2009 Posted by Scatterbrain | LinkWorthy | , , | No Comments Yet

How to Make Friends With an Email Scammer…

How to Make Friends With an Email Scammer…

A Boston Globe staff writer enjoys “extended” correspondence with a pen pal who somehow selected him out of billions of email addresses to be the regional representative of an unnamed company.

To get started, he just needs to turn over his financial information and other personal details.

Oh, and don’t use the word “devil.”

P.S.: The above link goes to the full exchange. Click here if you prefer the Cliff Notes version.

18 September 2008 Posted by Scatterbrain | LinkWorthy | | No Comments Yet

Coined Word of the Day

Too bad Hermits Hermitage is not located in Atlanta. We hermits can always use some doorstep-delivered fine dining…

Zifty.com – Eats. Entertainment. Everything Else.

21 August 2008 Posted by Scatterbrain | BrainWash, LinkWorthy | , , | No Comments Yet

Was Shrek sans serif?

For those rare few possessing a combined passion for movies and typefaces…

try this movie poster quiz

21 August 2008 Posted by Scatterbrain | BrainWash, LinkWorthy | , , , , | No Comments Yet

Grammar Trend of the Day

Gawker’s Punctuation Station: How Many Times Must We Write the Semicolon Trend Piece?

The ever-misused semi-colon causes controversy, praise and complaint in the inky presses around the world.

19 August 2008 Posted by Scatterbrain | LinkWorthy, unGrammatical | , , | No Comments Yet