Julie Frayn

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The joy of spam – oh those blog comments

October 12, 2012

I have been the victim of a sudden onrush of blog comment spam. There are usually a couple of these a day, and they far outweigh the number of real comments that land on my posts. But this week? I’ve had more than a hundred spammers discover this space and flood it with links and […]

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If it’s good enough for Shakespeare…

September 29, 2012

Bill Shakespeare did it. And Meriam Webster has given in to pressure. In a world where the words that weren’t, like ain’t and irregardless, are so widely used that they are “in the dictionary,” then I can make up my own words too. For when the real thing just won’t do. Bish – […]

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The joy of spam, part deux

March 14, 2012

This has been a very stressful week. As much as I love to take the edge off with a glass of red wine or two, my parents taught me and my sister and brother that laughter is the best medicine. Inappropriate humour – even better! So let’s all giggle at the expense of some spammers, […]

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The joy of spam

March 1, 2012

Mmm, Spam. Canned ham. Fried up with butter and served next to fluffy scrambled eggs. Nothing like chopped, processed, formed, canned meat. Or so I thought when I was a pre-teen. That stuff was like heaven – a serious treat on a weekend morning. Now spam, though still available in canned form, has become something […]

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