The Wheezer Society

One Person's Trash Is Another Person's $100,000

SHELBYVILLE, Indiana (AP) -- Karrie Jeremiah pulled a discarded lottery ticket from a restaurant trash can and hit the jackpot. READ MORE

My 'Po Ass

With all the ruckus fuckus about eBay increasing their fees the past few weeks, other auction websites are taking advantage of the situation. Enter MyPoAss.com a newer auction site that boasts it's much simpler and easier to use than eBay.

We just felt like folks needed an alternative to eBay," said Todd Gurganus, president and chief executive officer of MyPoAss.com, located in Smithfield, North Carolina. "Folks work hard for their money. On the back-end, we're going to be 50 percent cheaper. On the front-end, we don't have any fee."

Working with a local technology firm and a Web-hosting service in New Hampshire, MyPoAss.com is a self-funded effort.

"We're on a shoe-string budget," Gurganus noted, but added what the operation lacks in cash he is more than making up for in wit. The site allows customers to list without paying a fee and enables them to stay live on the site until their product sells. Gurganus also provides customers with storage space for up to five digital photos at no charge; the sixth photo costs 25 cents to post.

He said the fees for product sales is 5 percent of the first $25 of the sales price. For products priced over $1,000, the fee is 1.5 percent.

"A $1,500 item would run you approximately $33 after the sale to list on our site," said Gurganus, who hopes to build a $400 million business online.

A quick glance around the site shows that they are in need of sellers to make the website successful. It's a long way to $400 million.

If You Like Pina Colada

Two Jordanians had a torrid online romance and, after several months, decided to get married. When they met F2F for the first time, they were shocked to discover that they were already husband and wife. According to an Agence France-Press article quoting the official Jordan News Agency, the two were separated from each other but had coincidentally met (again) and fallen in love (again) in a chat room while disguised by their screen names. The rekindled romance ended immediately after they discovered the truth. LINK TO MORE

That Was Some Party!

Sherlock Holmes

Via Email from Wheezer Neil Sterett
I had an opportunity to listen to a CD without interruption on good headphones. That CD was manufactured by Lev-Co Inc., 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' in Scott's basement (on 48th) with Greg Philips, Michael Murnin and Scott Leverenz. I was Wheezing!!!!!!!! Such sophmoric humor, just the kind I savor. When I finish my time machine (Just a few more air ducts to go..) I plan to go back to that very day in Scott's basement and record the session on Digital Video Tape. For now, the most excellent CD from Lev-Co Inc. will be fine. If you have not heard it in a while, sport a pair of headphones and give it a spin, Wheezing will follow...

AHHHHH! Santa!

Scared of Santa? A photo gallery of kids scared out of their wits by the jolly old elf is an absolute wheezer!

From my own archives... despite Dad's best efforts, Ryan just didn't take to Santa.... Here, Mom... it's your turn. Nope, not much luck either.

Santa's Wheezing!

You've got to hand it to Murnin - since he's been making his list and checking it twice.... he want's to know who has been wheezing the hardest! From the looks of things - I think it's Jolly Old St. Mike putting in his time at Macy's in New York City.

Microsoft Search Engine - NOT!

MicroSoft has debuted their new Search Engine - I thought I'd give it a try. Here are the results -BETA IS RIGHT

The Onion Made Me Cry ... With Joy!

One of Angie's favorite publications is "The Onion" (America's Finest News Source). We have several of their books and whenever I stop at Powell's Technical Bookstore I get her a recent edition. Well, what a surprize when my son, Ryan made "The Onion" last week! Well, sort of... you see, an intern where he works has a friend that writes for The Onion. While writing a story for the September 22nd edition, he used Ryan's name in the article. The actual story is typical "onion". See full article here

Rejection 101

In addition to The Rejection Hotline, a fake number given out that lets romantic prospects down easy with a rejection recording instead of a face to face confrontation, there’s papernapkin.net, an email service that serves the same purpose. Prospects receive a response stating “Nice to hear from you. Ha ha, just kidding. Actually, this is a rejection letter. The person who gave you this email address does not want to have anything to do with you."