Archive for January, 2005

Spam Observations #1

Lately (possibly because I’m going insane), I’ve taken to scanning some of the copious offerings of spam that flow through my mailbox every day. I’ve discovered that not only is spam much more interesting than it used to be, but sometimes it is educational as well. Take this snippet forwarded to me from Nurse Myra:

“…that produced other miracle pharmaceuticals, has now maid a revolutionary herbal pill that can gain your penis volume by 3″ to 4″ in verily a couple of shortish hebdomads!”

Not strong on the spelling, true, but dig that Shakespearian riffing!

I had to look it up:

Hebdomad: A period of seven days; a week.

Verily.

(Thank you Dictionary.com)

There was no explanation for what might be causing the loud noises. I didn’t hear any when I was there.

So ring the bells that still can ring,
Forget your perfect offering,
There is a crack, a crack in everything,
That’s how the light gets in…

Anthem – Leonard Cohen

Tasmania, Christmas 2004. A small Shakespearian moment among hundreds of acres of opium poppies. Disappointingly the tetherd cow was nowhere to be seen.