Joe Bator was one of the crazies that decided he was up for the Goofy challenge. But, after the event, Disney wouldn't post the results in fear of promoting it as a race. Joe was a bit peeved and decided to do something about it. He compiled them, and I agreed to format and host the results. It's quite the impressive list.

Then another month and a half passed with no word. Then another request. I was cautious this time, contacting the soldier first to confirm the desire for the account. No reply. Oh well, no harm done this time. But, two days later I received two more requests. I sent the confirmation e-mail and received two eager letters in reply. I quickly forwarded their respective invites and within twenty minutes, had given two gigabytes of e-mail to two deserving soldiers.

One replied with a note of thanks and a request for my home address. With just a touch of worry, I gave him my work address. I can't tell you why I was worried, just a gut reaction. Within a week, I received a letter cancelled by the Army Post Office, which obscured a hand-written "Free Mail" where a 37-cent stamp should be. It took seven days for the letter to reach me.

An unexpected feeling of anticipation took over as I opened the letter to find four five-Dinar bills, all in near-perfect state, Saddam's portrait prominently displayed on the front. The nicest personal note accompanied the bills.

I proudly showed everyone in my office the note and the bills and everyone were equally impressed. Click on the "See More..." to read the note and see the bills. Very Cool. This is something I will save as long as I can.

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-Robert Frost

"In one experiment, a fresh e-mail address was posted in an online chat room to see how long it would take spammers to locate it. The first piece of spam arrived at the address eight minutes later." (From a report profiling a prolific spammer.)

I recently changed my personal e-mail address to avoid the average 100 spams I was receiving a day. I've now directed my account to discard all mail sent to the old address. I've got several dummy address (yahoo, hotmail, etc.) that I use to sign up for newsletters, on-line accounts and the like. Only friends and family have my new address. No more spam, right? Wrong. I have a catch-all account that collects e-mail associated with robbyb.com. It doesn't matter if there's an active account sending or receiving mail. With the latest outbreak of MyDoom, it's increasing. I know I am not infected with the virus, but rather my account is getting spoofed as a sender, and I am receiving the returned e-mails from inactive or incorrect accounts.

I wish I knew of a way to prevent this from happening. If anyone out there does, please leave a comment. Thanks.

• Good: "Christmas miracle": Cat returns home after missing for two months,
• Bad: Man playing Santa suffers heart attack in classroom, and the
• Ugly: Loser of Christmas lights contest rips down winner's display

Happy Holidays!

But getting back to what's important, Charlie Garner hasn't touched the ball since their second possession. He ran for nine yards, but Tyrone Wheatley has run almost everything since. Where's Charlie? I can find scores of every NFL game, even play-by-play of the Oakland game. CBS has the Charger/Viking game, FOX has the Cowboy/Bills game. Even with the tickers, there's no word. Shouldn't there be some section within the webcast that has injuries? Why can't they do this? Not even the halftime show has any info.

You're Number One, Gannon!

The Bus Drivers Front office is more frustrated than every teenage boy watching Brittney make out with Madonna. Since an impressive first week, the Bus Drivers have driven off a cliff.

Week Two saw one starter in double figures, as Gannon must have gotten lost on the way to the bus stop. Continuing with their field trip to futility, the starters, along with a dumbass last-minute front office move to switch Driver for Heap, have managed to play their way into single digits during week 3, while the six -- actually, five (the panthers had the week off) -- reserves managed to outscore their 8 starting compatriots. Front Office manager, Rob Beuthling stated, "I may have made some regretable decisions, but at least Rich could figure out how not to get sacked and to connect with his receivers. Even Jim Sorgi has had a better year, and he sucks."

Beuthling continued, "I hear Gary Coleman's having a party. He knows how to throw a good time. I need something to make me forget about this Gannon character."

I think that about sums it up.

I just checked, and Windows has a power toy that provides a small screen shot as you tab through open programs. Not the best, as it looks at every window, including those framed in a larger one (like FeedDemon), and doesn't display those very well. Overall, it's a start to Jason's idea. Maybe there's more out there?