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For Your Amusement

The spammers have been getting more creative lately. Below, a list of “people” I’ve received spam from:

  • Kinswoman P. Workdays
  • Detective M. Nightgowns
  • Hoot P. Mischancing
  • Really Brits
  • Marvell A. Headband
  • Hecate A. Domicile
  • TimesOwls Lovers
  • Mansion H. Flatbed
  • Redding Optimist

Anybody out there writing a kids book? Because these are the perfect characters. Especially Detective M. Nightgowns.

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current book: I finally got last week’s New Yorker in the mail yesterday, and forgot to throw it in my work bag. And since I quoted from Elizabeth Costello last night, that’s still by the computer. So I spent my Metra ride staring out the window at the very gray day.

current music: …dance to electro-pop like a robot from 1984…

current socks: Gray with happy little dalmation puppies. My mom gave them to me.

Posted 23 March 2007

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  1. Comment by ramblinjaq on 23 March 2007 1:29 pm

    those are excellent character names
    or feral cat names…

  2. Comment by lmb on 24 March 2007 7:36 am

    And the spammers seem to be able to keep up with the exponential growth of carol’s feral cat population, too. The latest batch of spam included these gems:
    - Royal Booth
    - Pillow C. Defamation
    - Sepulchers Q. Influences
    - Iron Dombrosky
    - Babysat G. Skittered
    - Commutation A. Miscall
    - Vouching U. Entente

    I am definitely keeping track of them in case I ever write a kids book. Detective M. Nightgowns, on the prowl for the villainous Sepulchers Q. Influences…

  3. Comment by Jen on 28 March 2007 2:52 pm

    Just today, I heard from my good friends Ringleader H. Nonsense and Merell Ursulina.

  4. Comment by Jen on 3 April 2007 12:02 pm

    I’ve been saving these up for a few days:

    Shampooed H. Harangues
    Egypt I. Kentuckian
    Spaceship R. Strum
    Arivacano Belzoni
    Fetus H. Anselm

    Egypt I. Kentuckian is a professor of modern antiquities at the University of Southern Hidalgo.

  5. Comment by lmb on 3 April 2007 7:45 pm

    HA!

    And Spaceship R. Strum… there’s another kidlit character!

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