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May 2, 2003

Bowling For Microsoft

I got myself a mobile phone today. It only took AT&T 10 business days to approve my foreign applicant application. I guess they've been getting a lot of foreign Microsoft employees defaulting on their phone bills.

The first time I turned on the phone, I noticed a number in the Missed Calls. Strange. I set up my voice mail, and was even more surprised to find a message, left a mere half hour before I arrived at the store to pick up the phone. The message was left by an annoyed-sounding man who was erroneously given my number to call. He didn't leave a very detailed message, so I don't know what he wanted, only that he called at "precisely 12:33" and needed someone to return the message within the hour. He then left his name and number. The man's name: Michael Moore.

Could this be the infamous Michael Moore of Bowling For Columbine fame? Probably not. Although the prospect of a famous person calling my phone certainly excited me.

I called back, 3 hours too late. I left a message with Michael's brother (does the real Michael Moore have a brother in Washington state?), telling him that Michael had been given the wrong number, and that was that.

Maybe the message was actually for me. Maybe Moore was looking for people to interview for his new documentary about Microsoft.

Heh, not bloody likely.

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