I Hate...
Spam. I get about 100 spam emails to my hotmail account each day, not including my practically useless "junk mail" box. And if I don't check that account at least twice a day and clear out the spam, my account gets too full to accept any more email. I can usually tell which ones are junk... like the ones with all the random letters in the subject like "Hi, Bobbie!xywoiwhgaoiaweth". Or the ones that say "Re: Low Mortgage Rates" (Wait a minute. I emailed you about low mortgage rates?!). Not to mention the Spanish porn that I now receive daily with each e-mail being over the size of 900kb, that comes in under a different address each day.

But there are certain emails, all from the same company, that get me every time. They say ambiguous things like "Did you see this?" in the subject line and seem to be from names that sound a bit familiar like "Sara Campbell". Sara Campbell... hmmm... did I go to school with her? Does she have a blog? Maybe.

So I click, only to find an ad for Gainpro or some other penile enhancement product. Foiled again! Oddly enough, I've gotten so many emails from Sara Campbell, that now each time I get one, I'm absolutely sure I know the name. Sara Campbell... oh, yeah, I know her! Click. Dammit!

Today's spam dupe was an email from "Eric Simmons" with the subject line "Where did you go?" And I am certain that the next time I get one from "Eric" the name will sound even more familiar than it did today. It especially irks me that these spam companies know when you open a message. I imagine the spammers hanging out in Guam, staring at their computers and laughing at me. "I can't believe she clicked on that!" they giggle as they exchange a hearty high-five. May they all die. Amen.