I get a nice bit of spam here on the site. As I said the other day, most of it is absolute garbage. I know that a mere week or so ago I said I got the spam comment to end them all, but I’ve got to tell you, what you’re about to see absolutely takes the cake. Intrigued? Keep reading.
On the 2nd of October my inbox rang in a new email from someone named Rebecca. The spam(?) that was contained is basically an attempt at viral marketing with absolutely no apparent purpose. The email, in its entirety, now follows:
Hey Justin,
Thought you might be interested in checking out the latest in bacon mania making the rounds…
BaconMan!
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZC_CYJcnEA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FAw5k96LJw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twpIu_tQlnE&feature=related
You can check him out on Twitter too if you’re on there… #baconman
Giving you any Halloween costume ideas? I was thinking this or Tina Fey as Sarah Palin 
Rebecca
I can’t tell what the purpose of this is at all. I can’t tell if it’s a product or someone just trying to get internet famous. While I was at PAX, there was a guy in a bacon suit that looked a lot like this one hocking Bacon Salt, but I’m not sure if this is related.
I’ll let you be the judge. If you’ve got any idea what this is all about, let me know in the comments. And if you’re Rebecca, please tell me what is up. Thanks.
The other day I posted that I got an award and that, after much reflective thought, I passed it on to two blogs. One of those blogs was Two Slashes who had this to say about the whole thing:
As you might have guessed, I can see similarities between this award making its rounds and the chain letters my mother ever-so-happily forwards (directly into my Spam folder, mind you ) or the tripe you might find on MySpace, sans the “death penalty” for not forwarding it to anyone. (I hope Justin doesn’t have to stab me with a spork under a blue moon in the middle of November for not passing this on.)
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(On the other hand, though, there are some great opportunities for a “Six Degrees” game here. I’m just not motivated enough to follow through with it, though.)
No sporking on my end. In fact, I was just motivated enough to see how far back I could chase the chain mail (what a great analogy!). So, if you are daring enough, join me as I chase this award throughout the depths of the internet.
Oh My Seven gave me the award.
It’s 3 o’clock in the morning! gave her the award.
Free and Flawed gave him the award.
I’m a mom in real life gave her the award.
Two Knit Monkeys gave her the award.
Two Dogs Running gave her the award.
Unmitigated gave her the award.
Dogs and Jeans gave her the award.
The Blarney Spot gave him the award.
my2boyz gave him the award.
Diaries of a Domestic Goddess gave her the award.
A Daily Dose of Toni gave her the award.
MammaDawg gave her the award after creating it!
So there you have it. I found the bottom of the rabbit hole. Did I learn something along the journey? Yes. There are a lot of middle-aged women writing blogs on the internet. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing.
So there is this little website out there that lets you, quite frankly, Yearbook Yourself. While the site seems like something VH1 would put together, it’s a fun little time waster where you can throw up a picture of yourself, move it a bit, and then see yourself in glorious yearbook style photos of yesteryear. Actually, much to Rachelskirts chagrin, the pictures kind of look like something you’d find in a Classmates.com spam email.
Behold, Justin Cox through the years:
Me in 1952. I was super awesome!
Me in 1960. I later went on to run the Harvard Chess Club.
Me in 1970. Perhaps I was the long lost son of Red Forman.
Me in 1982. Something tells me I couldn't be this groovy if I tried.
Me in 2001. No caption needed.
How awesome am I?