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The police from Ghana called…
Brigitte describes her Romance Scam experience: Tonight again the “police from Ghana” called, but apparently the link didn’t work. They sent me a mail that, due to his high rank, Phillip M. was released from custody and as the documents are issued on my name, I would have to handle the situation, otherwise I would … Read more
Cult strategy
To whomsoever needs to read this: I don’t know from the back of which cereal packet you get your advice to not engage in dialogue with me. But you might recognize it, as I do, as your old behaviour of sticking your head in the ground and pretending there is no problem, then perhaps it … Read more
Romance Scam Diary reviews start to roll in
Romance Scam Diary reviews start to roll in, read them on Amazon et al. “What a truly awful story of the callous nature of greed preying on a lonely, naive and love-lorn, woman. Brigitte describes her own embarassment at falling for these criminal tricksters seemingly obvious ploys. It’s clear that many women make the same … Read more
Widen your horizon
As programmers, many of us tend to be critical thinkers, by nature. We still need to widen your horizon. And mine. It’s no good just churning out the same old stuff, repeating what we were told, or read about, from earlier times. We need to use our brains to consider new ways of doing things, clearer, … Read more
Pimps and whores
It’s easy to throw out a generalized statement, like pimps and whores, which pigeon-holes large groups of people together, and which usually serves only to focus their differences against one another. Like blacks and whites, or christians and muslims, us and them, and so on. This was brought abruptly to my attention recently when one … Read more
AA and Snake Oil
I’ve been doing a bit of reading about AA and getting more than concerned about my (now ex-) wife’s gushing enthusiasm for Al-Anon. For those who don’t know, Al-Anon are the parallel group to the AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), where Al-Anon is aimed at the friends and family of AA members. Personally, I’m fairly concerned that … Read more
Netiquette
Netiquette, often ignored at your peril. The beast that is the Internet drives relentlessly forward, with new social media platforms coming out with an awful regularity, “me too, me too, me too”. Never has it been more important to have a firm grasp of the basics of Netiquette. Born in the 1990’s, observing simple Netiquette … Read more