Merrill Markoe's Blog, page 13

NEW extra strength Spam: Now with several exciting updates

Remember the olden days of the internet , when your aol or earthlink mailbox would fill up with  spam for penis extenders and discount viagara? I'm getting a little misty eyed just thinking about  that bygone time, back at the beginning of the new century, before sophisticated spam filters came on the scene and disappeared all that stuff for us. Of course that didn't mean the end of spam by any means. Earlier this year, I  had my name stolen by spammers  who were running around opening up...

NEW extra strength Spam: Several exciting updates

Remember the olden days of the internet , when your aol or earthlink mailbox would fill up with  spam for penis extenders and discount viagara? I'm getting a little misty eyed just thinking about  that bygone time, back at the beginning of the new century, before sophisticated spam filters came on the scene and disappeared all that stuff for us. Of course that didn't mean the end of spam by any means. Earlier this year, I  had my name stolen by spammers  who were running around opening up...

NEW extra strength Spam: With xylocaine!

Remember the olden days of the internet , when your aol or earthlink mailbox would fill up with  spam for penis extenders and discount viagara? I'm getting a little misty eyed just thinking about  that bygone time, back at the beginning of the new century, before sophisticated spam filters came on the scene and disappeared all that stuff for us. Of course that didn't mean the end of spam by any means. Earlier this year, I  had my name stolen by spammers  who were running around opening up...

Spam: Now fancier than ever.

Remember the olden days of the internet , when your aol or earthlink mailbox would fill up with  spam for penis extenders and discount viagara? I'm getting a little misty eyed just thinking about  that bygone time, back at the beginning of the new century, before sophisticated spam filters came on the scene and disappeared all that stuff for us. Of course that didn't mean the end of spam by any means. Earlier this year, I  had my name stolen by spammers  who were running around opening up...

New fangled generic spam

Back in the internet olden times, I used to get spam for penis extenders and discount viagara. Then sophisticated spam filters came on the scene and could easily sort those things out . Which didn't mean the end of spam by any means. Earlier this year, I even had my name stolen by spammers  who were running around opening up Twitter and Facebook accounts for me. It almost felt like a conspiracy to force me to be involved with social networking.

But  spam marches on.  And as it does,  it is...

On the topic of rewrites and a world gone crazy.

I saved three things from the paper this week that I am going to attempt, at my own peril, to integrate in to a whole. (Hopefully it wont be a hole by the time I am
All three spoke to me about being re-written… which is a big deal to a writer. Its also a fact of life and a never ending headache. And it has been on my mind to the point of distraction because I just handed in a manuscript for a new book to a brand new editor with whom I have never worked before. Its all very nerve...

On the topic of rewrites and how everyone is crazy here except me.

I saved three things from the paper this week that I am going to attempt, at my own peril, to integrate in to a whole. (Hopefully it wont be a hole by the time I am
All three spoke to me about being re-written… which is a big deal to a writer. Its also a fact of life and a never ending headache.I will start with a very Johnathan Swiftian article I read about the jokes of the country of Dagistan which is apparently " a collection of 14 major and several dozen minor ethnic groups" img

How Westminster always looks to me.

Every year I watch the Westminster dog show and I think about making this. This year I did it. Here it is.

Hey! A new class this year at Westminster!

Its the Darkhaired Middle-aged White Women in Matching Two Piece Suits!  Apparently this is the first year that they were officially recognized by the Board of Directors. Its been a long time coming. Hooray.

The Greatest Love the World Has Ever Known: An analysis

Well, its Valentines Day, almost. I've actually had a few nice ones in a row since I am happily co-habitating with someone I genuinely like. But as usual for me this time of year,  I start thinking about the lack of reasonable romantic role models in the world at large.  My family didn't provide one. And come on… don't we all want to see  a functioning hopeful model?

Where public couples are concerned, I am always cynical at first. But then, if  they persist  for enough years, I   start to...