I won't always say this, but today I love spam. Here's an excerpt from an e-mail directing me to the usual kind of porno site: yóung and mïddle-æged females, în shortagë òf vëhëmënt partnërs.... Clearly the victim of an automatic translator, but somehow sweet.

I'm off tonight to see a dance performance in one of my favorite abandoned places: the McCarren Park Pool in Greenpoint. I am SO excited. Really. I'll be going with Barbara - long-lost friend! Oh happy, happy days. It may be chilly so I've brought along a wooly sweater, a scarf, and mittens. Can you spot the Canadian in the crowd?