Constructive Criticism and other kinds of spam

I don’t know how this bitty blog has done it, exactly, but we have hit the spam jackpot. I made the decision a few months ago to disable the word verification option for the blog but that means that my inbox is flooded with spam comments from Anonymous. Anonymous kind of has a one track mind. Its primary focus is geared around my seeming need for cheap Viagra. I really like feel like Anonymous has a pulse on its key demographic, by the way.

And sometimes Anonymous sends me short messages like this: “Here's a the cheapest down jacket sales.Come on.
canada goose parka”

…No, YOU come on.

Sometimes, though…Anonymous gets personal:

“I think everything said was actually very reasonable.
But, what about this? suppose you added a little content?
I am not saying your information is not good, but what if you added something that
grabbed folk's attention? I mean "Computer says, cough, cough" is a little boring. You should peek at Yahoo's
home page and see how they create article headlines to get viewers to
click. You might try adding a video or a related pic or two to get readers interested about everything've written. In my opinion, it might make your posts a little livelier. Here’s a link to my site: cheaplaptops.fakewebsite.net”

Dude. Not cool. If you’re going to troll my website, at least have the decency to suck up to me like the valium peddlers and the Nigerian princes who want me to claim my inheritance! Come on. Canada goose parka!

What’s your favorite kind of spam?

love, elizabeth

Giveaway Winner, etc.

First of all…I am so happy to announce that Mrs. Pancakes won the Valentine’s Day Giveaway! Mrs. Pancakes, email me your contact info when you have a chance and I will get this in the mail to you right away…

Secondly, and this one seems obvious…the blog has gotten a little face-lift (we have a new ‘about us’ page, too). I’m still in the process of re-designing buttons and widgets but I’m really excited to have the new header up. My poor, sweet husband endured a lengthy photography session with the absolute minimum of complaints and/or mocking.

Last, but never least, if you’ve sent me an email or left a comment recently, please expect me to respond this week! I’ve been awful about getting back to each of you promptly. I promise I am not ignoring you – your sweet thoughts and questions are so important to me and I value every single one.

Hope you’re having a good Tuesday.

love,

elizabeth