"Alison Tyler is a prolific, sharp editor, and a hell of a writer."—Violet Blue
April 13, 2011
From My New Friend "Happiness"
So yesterday, I got this SPAM:
HELLO
How are you today, Hope all is well with you and your health? My name is Miss Happiness However it really pleases me to write you for a lovely and sincere friendship even if we haven’t met or seen each other before. I will be so much appreciate to see your reply soon so that i can give you my picture for you to know who i am
I shall appreciate an urgent response from you.
With lots of love from your new friend Happiness
...which I sent to Georgia, who responded with this one that she wrote just for me:
HELLO
I am fine today, Miss Happiness, thank you for asking my health. my name is Miss Hi-Jinks. I would like to please you for having a lovely sincerity relations even if we never met because I reside in limbo. I will be you picture bride i am pretty pretty pretty. i milk cows very well. i will look for astonopropriate response from you.
love your number one friend,
Miss Hi-Jinks
Heh.
XXX,
Alison