Weirdness, weirdness, WEIRDNESS.

Okay, so. In the past month and a half, I have had a bunch of people I don’t know IM me out of the blue and offer to have sex with me. Most of these people claim to be local to Tampa; many of them have clearly read my Web site; and rather a startling number of them have emailed me pictures of themselves, offered to have sex with me, or both.

We’re not talking about online friends or people who I’ve had some contact with (via LJ or elsewhere) before. We’re talking about spontaneous, out-of-the-blue IMs.

Now, about once every four or six weeks for the last six years or so, I’ve received IMs of the “Would you like to dominate my wife” or “Would you like to dominate me” variety, which I politely decline. This is a bit different, though, and it’s somewhat disconcerting.

The IM I got today, however, takes the cake:

TpaMusician813: Are you into cutting?
TpaMusician813: I’m looking to find someone that I can sever their fingers for $4,500

I swear I am not making this up.

You have GOT to be kidding!

With a nod to trinker

ThinkGeek has a USB-controlled EasyBake oven that fits in a 5.25″ bay on your PC. The included USB control software to bake your cakes from the convenience of your computer.

This is a weird, weird world. Who, exactly is the target market for this gadget?

Things that make you go “Hmm”…

Seen on the way to the Post Office near my house last Friday:

Bad Catholic church! Bad! Is it just me, or is this sort of thing kind of…err, creepy? Maybe it’s just me.

Things that make you go “Hmmm”

The complete text of an IM I received today, from a person I don’t recognize, in its entirety:

ChOpSteWy187: i got an idea go write a poem you fuckin fairy

Weird. Wonder if this person is the anonymous poster referenced in my last post?