Got this job scam in my e-mail just a couple of minutes ago. I'll post the e-mail, then we'll discuss the scam warning signs.

From: "Pat Andrade" <tem.nancy@quil.fr>

AGS Consult has an opening for a FINANCE MANAGER position.

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I've been up in the Pacific Northwest for a little over 9 years now, and in all that time there have been two foods I could get in Los Angeles that I just can't seem to get here: truly good pastrami and Wilno Kosher salami. I still hold out hope for good pastrami, but this morning my hopes for Wilno Kosher salami were dashed as I found out it will cease production "on or before January 30, 2009."

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How ya doin? I've been really good about keeping to my writing schedule, so I'm going to post an extra chapter this month... on Christmas morning.

Sunday, a friend asked me how I can publish this online. More to the point, he asked me how I can resist the urge to tinker with each chapter endlessly and actually put it out there, knowing I'd probably read it again in a year and see stuff I wanted to change. The answer: "you force yourself."

I finally got more committed to finishing this and getting it before an audience than I was to trying to make it perfect. I've promised myself that if I can not only finish this, but ten more novels before I'm 70, I can go back and do another edit on it as my 70th birthday present to myself.

BTW, if you question the assertion about sunlight in this chapter, check the Wikipedia article on vampires. It will back me up... sorta.

And last, check out Someday Hero. It's got me hooked.

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I've heard many people use the phrase "Bow Chicka Bow Wow" or some variation on that for some time, but if I ask them if they knew who originated that, they all seem to think it's some rap star or black comedian. Nope, it was a really white guy named Jordan Brady about 20 or so years ago in the 80s. Here's some video proof.

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