Truth of Life

"The more garbage that happens to you, the better you are... Our lives are just vapor, that evaporates. So you'd better make use of what you've got."--Reginald Hill, September 5th 2002, lecture on Anglo-Saxon poetry techniques.

Monday, April 7, 2008

fraud in freaksville

What is fraud? Is it a skill? When applying for a new job can you share that you have perfected the way to cheat someone else out of their money? Or is it something you share with your co-workers when they ask you what you did over the weekend?

When I was a lot younger and Al Gore had not yet invented the internet, I watched, The Net, with my sister. She thought Sandra Bullock was the best actress in the world. This suspenseful movie showed what has today become a reality. First they charge your credit card. Then they take your social security card. What's next, they take your free samples of depends out of the mailbox? What is this world coming to?

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