Marilynne's World

I’ve been on a tangent about spam quite a while now, but I have to tell you about a recent email spam.  I belong to the San Diego chapter of Sisters in Crime – also known within out chapter as Sisters and Misters in Crime (SMinC) – because we have many male chapter members.  I [...]

If you read my last post, you’ll know I listed a bunch of spammers.  Now they’ve disappeared – mysteriously – and I hope they won’t be back.  Actually, I hope Nike and Coach handbags crunched them, but I have no way of telling. Here’s a comment I just received, that’s commenting on my spam post.  [...]

Are we like a line of sheep – or lemmings – when we buy things?  Do we just see the name and plunk down our cash so we can own something?  What about paying money for knock-offs?  By knock-offs I mean someone designed the article, gave it a good reputation, spent money promoting it, and [...]

Last week I flew to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and drove to Santa Fe. I added the bit of driving so I could get the feel of New Mexico before reaching my destination. Well, you have to love the Southwest in order to love that road. Fortunately, I do love the southwest. I love the long [...]