I swear I don't know why I even have email. Three fourths of it is spam. I use a great program called Mail Washer that lets me preview emails before downloading them. My main account gets so much spam I only glance at it before deleting all. It's usually a blessing... except for the rare times when I miss an email. Take today for instance. I noticed some emails came in and glanced at the 19 before selecting Delete All. As they disappeared I noticed one that wasn't spam only to see it be deleted before reading who it was from or what it was about. All I could do is let out a "GAH!" sound and blink. If there's a hell I hope spammers have a special circle where they have to delete every spam email they've ever sent over and over... and get an electrical shock to their genitals every time they slack off. And I hope I get to push that button...

Okay, I have to get this off of my chest. I joined Imeem as a welcome relief to social networking when MySpace was crushed under a wave of spam. Listen to our band! Buy these clothes! Buy this hair extension. Let me stalk you. Add me! Add me! Add me! It's more like 'Biteme, biteme, biteme'.

I didn't join this site to buy something. I didn't join this site to listen to someone's band. I just joined it to enjoy myself and meet new people. Fun people. Interesting people. People like Dustin, Arwen, Monk, Mark... even Todd. Although he just denied my first comment so he's on my shit list.

Do me a favor... Don't click the add button if you're selling something.

Lately I've been getting a ton of spam from Seoul. I don't get it. They post some random quote taken from a sports page and then link some porn site. The thing is... they go through the archives and post on old rants. If you're going to spam a site, why post where hardly anyone looks? Most webmasters get emails whenever a comment is placed so it's a matter of minutes or an hour before it's removed. All that cutting/pasting/linking for nothing. Well... except for the annoyed person who has to delete it.

I don't want to moderate my comments. That's way more work on me than I have to offer. Banning IPs is another option. I hate the idea of banning a country over one (or a few) scumbag(s) who can't seem to get a real job. Then there's the 'I don't think so' option of emailing the site. Riiiiight. I just got my spam below 50 a day. I'm not about to offer a working email to them. It's like saying, "Here. A gift to you my new friend. Spam me to hell. I <3 U. Thxkbai!!!11!1!"

Bane surprised me this morning by updating my Movable Type. It may look the same on the outside but admin section looks completely different. My comments finally work without that random filtering, my spam block is better and I got rid of all that track back crap. Seriously, I ONLY had spam on there. *sigh* It's those people who take the fun out of blogging.

Thank you, Bane!!!!

You know you have run across the lowest life-form when someone actually clicks on comments to spam. I love the latest "I know this is off topic but, I WANT TO WHORE A SITE". Don't bother looking for any, I get notifications and click on my handy dandy delete/block function. Say bye-bye...

I just don't get it. Why anyone spams sites for gambling and drug ads is beyond me. I wish they'd get the technology to track the IPs and ban the users for harassment. Then again, the Do Not Call list isn't worth shit either...

When I was first introduced to instant messaging I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Imagine being able to talk to someone in another state... or country. For free! I spent hours on that sucker... then the novelty wore off. The first time I signed on I got hit with spam. I couldn't believe it. I had just opened that program up, and nearly jumped out of my skin when the fog horn from hell went off, when I got a chat request. The idea that someone would make the default sound in a program a cruise ship from hell horn should have tipped me off. Then there's the fact that some "chick" named Debbie was inviting me to check out some porn. Red flags are on the field! I received four to five before I could figure out the blocking methods. That was an even bigger omen. I download a file that I can only use under the cloak of darkness. Hmmmm. I'm not just talking one or two preferences. I had to search through almost every field to turn the appropriate ticklers off. Now I have a program that I can't use to it's potential. Great.

As I peruse through the different sections I keep seeing one thing over and over: Warnings about privacy. "Hey... Thanks for downloading our great product! By the way... we are not responsible for the bazillion spam requests and malicious users that will stop at nothing to make your life miserable. Here's some ads to pop up continuously, have a nice day!" Oh yeah, I feel warm and safe with that statement.

As I read through the security issues... both on the warning page and the open forum, I realized that the world is filled with devious little pricks. Why would you want to spam people? Has anyone ever fell for the chick with porn rouge? Hey! I just met a great gal online... She's into porn! All right! Woo hoo! High five... I don't think so.

The worst part is that if you happen to meet someone and put them on your list... They're there for life. Sure, you can take him/her off of your contact list... But you're still on theirs. Oh, too bad buckaroo. So you have to do the unspeakable. Cancel your number and get a new one. Here's the real kick in the pants. Your old number? It's still listed. I'll bet you over half the ICQ numbers out there aren't even in use anymore. What kind of business keeps a database filled with useless information? Besides the Presidency that is...

On a totally unrelated note: It's been four years since some chick died from some unknown substance that she had injected into her ass to make it smooth. Some people called it murder. Some called it an accident. Me? I called it "natural selection".