2001oct25. Mail.
Free Bonzibuddy – I got one of those too. I think it came in with the latest upgrade to the Audiogalaxy client, although YMMV, of course.
I realise Audiogalaxy has to make money, but by allowing the Bonzi arseholes to include this unannounced adware into their installation, they've just gone down several points in my esteem.
By the way, I’m looking for two and a half tons of Pontefract Cakes ...
-- James (in the UK)
Ah. Audiogalaxy, of course. I did just install that. I use it, of course, to download public-domain MP3s and to back up my own music collection. I am listening to “David Foster Wallace” by Tsunami and I am also recommending that (and Tipsy and Le Tigre and Ladytron) and I’m occasionally slipping off to the library to read “A Supposedly Fun Thing Which I'll Never Do Again” or whatever by David Foster Wallace. I’m “behind the times,” it is to be assured. But! But! This whole Pontrefract Cakes business is an interesting one. I can’t tell if they’re hard licorice or soft licorice because I didn’t read the whole article and it’s important to note that hard licorice blows. Also, here is another page that features Pontrefact Cakes and of course, Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls, which has been covered in-depth by at least one other humor site so nothing more will be said here except that the Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls font kicks fucking ass. Oh, there he goes again with the fucking.
Anyway, a lot of groovy things are happening all at once. There will be more on all of this stuff as it reaches the finish line. There is also more mail from people who think Cardhouse is a candy factory, but as always, I’m giving them a chance to volley back to my horrendously callous and snide replies, to dig even deeper for that rich vein of comedic gold.
So, are they soft? I like soft licorice. We can’t find anywhere to buy good soft licorice anymore, now it’s all Panda and American Licorice and Kookaburra which isn’t that bad, but come on, that shape! Christ. No, the licorice is not in the shape of Christ.