The Strangeness of Spam


In my email inbox, "Lists: Teachers - Media - Libraries - Bookstores - Churches - Healthcare...more." A sampling of the lists I could buy, for prices ranging from $39 to $99.

  • 7,700 K-12 teachers in Missouri . . .
  • 100 New Zealand libraries . . .
  • 350 Canadian Christian bookstores . . .
  • 1,000 science clubs . . .
  • 1,100 film school professors . . .
In my snail mail, I got an ad from a local community college. Ikea is coming to town next year, so now is the time to attend a series of FREE workshops on careers in retail.

As always, I'm forced to ask: do these people know something I don't?