Category Archives: Spam-Bam

Spam-Bam Thank You Ma’am (October 2014)

Lions and tigers, and spammers – oh my! My Askimet stats are below. A couple of weeks ago, I even posted about spam email.  Don’t people have anything better to do? Apparently not.  Here is this month’s cream-of-the-spam: *** Comment: “I … Continue reading

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Damn Canucks

By now, everyone and his mother knows that I get lots and lots of spam comments on this blog.  However, I also get lots of spam email.  Most of the spam email is the usual “deposed king” missives that everyone … Continue reading

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Always a Bridesmaid …

I must say that I am pleased that WordPress has moved the Freshly Pressed tab to the sidebar of the Reader page. It used to annoy the hell out of me when I’d open my Reader and find all those Freshly … Continue reading

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Spam-Bam Thank You Ma’am (September 2014)

The spammers are getting bolder and smarter.  One of them actually managed to fool me into thinking a comment was legitimate – until he/she entered an identical comment on a different post several days later. And they’re becoming more prolific – … Continue reading

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