tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-09-15:446148 open sky / shooting star / nothing else but who we are shadowspar 2011-09-01T04:02:48Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-09-15:446148:52457 2011-09-01T03:52:32Z 2011-09-01T04:02:48Z SCANDAL - Girlism v.tired public 2 <p> This...just...I don't even know where to start with this. And it's not even something horrible, it's...well...I'll just tell the story. </p> <p> Anyway, this guy apparently had a buddy <em>blow his mind</em> with a <a href="http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2011/08/the-best-vacation-responder-ever.html"><em>"fucking brilliant" vacation responder</em></a>. Go check it out, then come back. </p> <p> Apparently "off the grid" means something radically different to me than it means to them, because here an "I'm off the grid" vacation message would look more like </p> <blockquote> <p><em> Hi. I'm currently out of the office for an off-the-grid vacation in Lake Superior Provincial Park. If you have a really, truly urgent matter that needs an immediate response from me, you are out of luck, because there's not a chance in hell that I'm going to have any kind of usable cellphone signal where I am. Knowing this, if you still need to get a hold of me, you are going to have to come up with something damn good -- good enough to convince the park rangers to tramp several dozen kilometers through the wilderness after me and pull me out of the bush. Good luck! Cheers, Rick </em></p> </blockquote> <p> To be clear, I don't think that Kopelman or Feld are somehow wrong or outlandish; I'm glad they have their autoresponder and it works for them. They just live in a very, very different world from the one in which I reside. </p><br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=shadowspar&ditemid=52457" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments