The Ribbing Has Already Begun

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My inbox was flooded this morning with e-mail from Red Sox fans. Even my client in Massachusetts e-mailed me to ask if everyone was okay after the "collapse in the Bronx."

And yes, the morning drive radio programs blasted the news of the big choke at me, no matter how many times I switched the dial.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't all this talk about "reversing the curse" a bit premature? I believe the curse refers to the notion that the Red Sox haven't won the World Series since trading Babe Ruth away. Seems the National League might have a last-minute contribution to make.

GO ASTROS!!!

Death May Come on Swift Wings

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This is my lovely sister Kimberly, pictured here at her wedding rehearsal dinner. Normally, Kim and I get along quite well. However, that was before the aquarium incident. I don't want to get into details. Let's just say that Kim's design project, on which she's been diligently working for weeks, was on a table in the basement one floor below my aquarium, which decided recently to spring a leak.

Since the aquarium incident, I get the distinct feeling I'm living on borrowed time. And no, it's not feasible to hide all the sharp objects in the kitchen. I need to do something nice for Kim and I'll take suggestions in the comments field. (Eric has suggested a nice, expensive architecture design book as a present.)

In the meantime, Kim's understandably upset. I'd appreciate the help of any Hespos.com readers who want to help me out here. Please send something like the following to kim@hespos.com:

Dear Kim:

Tom didn't mean it. It was an accident. This sort of thing happens to fish tanks all the time. Please don't kill him in his sleep. Maybe if you let him live, he'll find a way to make it up to you.

Regards,
[Faithful Hespos.com Reader]

Better Commissions In Bogus Watches?

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Is it me, or did all the spammers change over this week from pushing boner pills to hawking bogus Rolexes? Maybe it's a role reversal - the spammers will push bogus watches while the fold-up table guys in Times Square will sell Cialis for a while.

As an aside, I read Eric Schlosser's Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market last week. I loved the book, but I think Schlosser should have picked a different title - the book isn't so much about drugs as it is about the black market economy. Some say black market activity makes up more than 10 percent of the U.S. economy. I dunno how much of that is fake watches and illegally-shipped boner pills, but I wonder what percentage of the black market economy is initiated by spam...