People continually ask me how is it I attract so many scammers. I don’t believe they are targeting me differently than their computer programs seek out any other account. Similar to the random number generators that dial spam phone calls. Unlike most people, I am willing to engage with anyone who contacts me. To me,…

Truth is stranger than fiction. Strangest thing to come out of my conversation with Christine Debbie is truth emerging from our fiction. I could have never predicted the turn of events on the closing day of scammer scramble. Money for nothing, get your chicks for free! For those in the audience who are new to scammers, this…

“I’ve been involved in a number of cults both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower but you make more money as a leader.”  — Creed Bratton I continue to question our scammer’s grasp of reality. The more absurd the messenger feed travels, the greater my concern for the…

Should I wear the spandex? Possibly the codpiece with  blue spandex? What about eyeliner and latex boots? Am I Batman, or a male dominatrix? This journey is taking me into uncharted waters of fiction. There could be a future lawsuit from DC Comics, levying allegations of gross misrepresentation of the Dark Knight. I am not…

Ah, I’d love to wear a rainbow every day, and tell the world that everything’s okay. But I’ll try to carry off a little darkness on my back till things are brighter, I’m the Man in Black.  — J. Cash When asked about my backstory, who else better to narrate than Johnny Cash. Modern redemption…

The digital void between reality and fiction is over populated with scam artist hustling to con people into believing that help, love, and riches have arrived. Occasionally the ill-repute cast a line into my space hoping for a bite. This time the bait goes by Christine Debbie, a 30 year old gal looking for love…

With Jim Beam floating down the mountain, Brook pondered our route; forge up the rapids of Ashdown Gorge, or retreat to Plan B, C, D, or possibly E. He is a man with many trail hikes under his pack, and there are plenty well-worn paths to our final destination. While Brook calmly re-calibrates our trip,…

“This looks like a good place to cross.” Brook, our trail guide and bachelor extraordinary, planned the weekend’s bachelor party. He used 50-year-old US Forest maps that had been digitized. The satellite images Brook downloaded to plot the course were from the most recent winter months. The areal pictures showed a dry creek bed with…

By choice and free will 2000 swimmers converge on Mesa, Arizona to reward themselves with four days of racing. An American Middle Class cross section, these people provide proof doing enough right in life can sustain an existence on a plane where the reach of aging cannot stretch. Arizona’s hundred-degree April daytime heat vitalize the…

“Mr. Marlow, your reservation calls for…” “Are there complications with my car rental?” “No sir. All is fine… just reading here…” “Oh good. I need to get on my way.” “By the way, it is a pleasure to serve you at our location.” “Pleasure is all on this side of the desk.” “At this satellite…

“The secret of being a top-notch con man is being able to know what the mark wants, and how to make him think he’s getting it.”  — Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest I once heard repetition is a key to comedy. Now it can be said repetition is a key to internet scams and getting…

“Let his greed meet his imagination.”  —  Matchstick MenMy father taught me a honest person will never be conned because the honest person is never looking for an easy free.  So when a foreign hacker stepped into this honest man’s digital house pretending to be my mother he got taken on a little journey through the weird. If you gonna dress-up…