In hard times, people do whatever they feel they have to in order to get by. Thefts escalate and other people’s possessions start looking pretty good to those with few alternatives and less scruples. It’s gotten so bad recently, that the increase in sales prices of recycled metals (copper, iron, aluminum, etc) is causing a [...]

Just when I thought they were starting to get a handle on the various types of spam advertisement drek, one comes along that just blows my mind. Logging into my GMail account, I find that I have a GCalendar invite to a ‘meeting’. The details are attached and range somewhere between threatening and laughable. [...]