So, this morning I got a phishing e-Mail in my inbox.

And it surprised me a little because I haven't got a phishing e-Mail in a while. They kind of slowly went away. Time was, though, that I could expect a couple of phishing e-Mails every day. Nowadays, most of my spam falls into the "penny stock" category. There are not even many pharmaceuticals offered to me these days. Is this just my isp (aracnet) and their spam blocking software, or is this just the trend of the spam industry, such as it were?

And does anyone have a brief history of spam? Back when I first started getting lots of it, about eight years ago, most of it seemed to be pornographic. Only later did we have the era of mortgages, replica Rolex, the drugs, and phishing. And now we seem to be in the penny stock era. But that could just be me.

so last night i had the fine portland experience of being stalled on I-5 southbound for about 40 minutes. AAA saved the day, a wonderful towtruck operator named Dustin (thanks Dustin!) got me home safe and sound. now my car is sitting in my driveway and i'm told that AAA will tow it somewhere else for me, for free! how great.

WHERE SHOULD I TAKE MY CAR?
i'm pretty sure it's something with the clutch and/or transmission, so it needs to go somewhere where they can deal with that. close in would be nice.
i'm a college girl, my girlfriend is a college girl, and we don't have dad's around to go in and be a guy presence, so where can we go where we won't get ripped off?
thank you in advance wise and nobel damnportlanders.
and for any of you on I-5 last night, thanks for not running me over!