pure idiocy:
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Dear GeoCities Member,

Congratulations, http://www.geocities.com/borrowedhistory seems to
be very popular and has been receiving a large amount of traffic.
Our records indicate that you're using more than the allotted amount
of data transfer we provide for a free web site, which is 3 gigabytes
per month (measured on an hourly basis). That means that during the
past few days we had to temporarily turn your site off to keep the
bandwidth within this limit.

What can I do?

Keep in mind that large files such as images and multimedia files
can effect your data transfer greatly. A single web page that
contains 200,000 bytes of images will only be able to be viewed
about 20-25 times an hour. By keeping your file sizes and page
sizes as small as possible, you can maximize the amount of page views
your site can produce.

You can also upgrade your site to one of our new premium services,
GeoCities Pro or GeoCities Webmaster. These packages allow for 10 and
20 gigabytes of data transfer per month, and also give you the option of
purchasing unlimited data transfer so your site will always be accessible.
These packages also enable you to run an ad-free site at your own
domain name (for example, www.borrowedhistory.com) AND get matching email
accounts at that domain (like you@borrowedhistory.com).

For more information about our new packages, please visit
http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info3
Upgrading your current GeoCities site to one of our new premium packages
is simple. You don't have to move ANY of your files, and your current
GeoCities web address will continue to work in addition to your domain.

If you'd prefer not to receive this notice in the future, just go to
http://geocities.yahoo.com/opt/bwemail to take your name off of the notify
list. Of course, our servers will continue to monitor your site's data
usage and turn it off if it exceeds the limits.

Thank you,

Yahoo! GeoCities
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i think i need to switch hosts yet again. i honestly believe that limiting data transfer rates to something this low is simply insane.

on a lighter note, i have been selected to be published in a book that has one of my poems in it. i think it is very cool at the same time very dumb.

(obviously this entry is just to show off)