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FUNNY THING HOW THE DAWN CAN TRICK YOU INTO BELIEVING THAT A NICE DAY IS AHEAD, only to have clouds come in to spoil the picture as per the forecast.

Which is the way things are here in the Minnwissippi as I write you this. That, and its being chilly with a slight breeze (although expect things to get even more crazy tomorrow, with winds likely to exceed 30-40 mph [48-64 km/hr], in turn translating into acceleration of leaf drops as have already occured wholesale over recent days.

Enough reason to stay inside and listen to the satellite radio while surfing the Information Stuporbahn as well....

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MEMO TO THE FBI (AND, IN A WAY, THE POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE): As the current socioeconomic crisis risks further collapse and deterioration to the detrius of the Joe Sixpack element in particular, you may want to be on the watch and ward for all manner of "cashflow gifting" and "Aussie one-up" schemes promising big-big money with little or no real effort so long as the same is perpetuate--and manages to evade detection.

Especially so under 18 USC 1343 (Fraud by Wire, Radio or Television), what with many such scams likely to employ PayPal and suchlike all the more to evade the Postal Inspection Service (and all the while invoke the majesty and authority of 18 USC 1302 and 1341 to create an aura of credibility and legality) ... not to mention the Information Stuporbahn, by and large, using telephonic, fiber optic and broadband cable/CATV wirelines for the sake of 18 USC 1343's proscribing wire fraud.

Even more so if the letters and/or e-mails tend to the suspiciously glowing-sounding, the better to trick or deceive--never mind their seeking to subtly exploit current socioeconomic uncertainty not unlike the Depression-era "Send-A-Dime" chain letters.

And remember, too, that "the infinite prosperity of the universe" is anything but, considering where such scams have finite limits beyond which only collapse is inevitable for want of fresh capital. Consider what happens if you're asked to repeat the chain fivefold:

5
25
125
625
3,125
15,625
78,125
390,625
1,953,125
9,765,625
48,828,125
244,140,625
1,220,703,125
6,103,515,625

In other words, you would need to circulate the same scheme to pretty much everyone on the planet before any profit can be realised on your part ... and who has the money to do so? No wonder such schemes risk inevitable collapse (with loss of money ensuing) in the end, the point of which, alas for it! is downplayed (and perhaps deliberately) by those involved in its perpetuation.

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GOP VICE-PRESIDENTIAL WANNABE SARAH PALIN'S PARTY-FUNDED ATTEMPT TO SHAME THE LOWER CLASSES INTO SUPPORTING THE GOP TICKET through a $150,000 high-end wardrobe makeover, methinks, has that certain aroma of one Eva Peron's using high-end fashion while presenting herself to Argentina's "shirtless ones" after World War II as their saviour and salvation under the first Juan Peron regime, through the government-sponsored Eva Duarte Peron Foundation.

Talk about your gross hypocrisy right there.

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WITH "BULK E-MAIL MARKETING" (READ: SPAMMING) NOT A VERY VIABLE OR COST-EFFICENT WEBLOG MARKETING OPTION, as well as tending to the disreputable, Your Correspondent has to find all manner of free no-cost options to call attention to the blog by honest and above-board means.

One such is in form of BlogWeekends, which continues MyRoomie ... another is BlogMad, as I've been using since soon after the blog was launched.

Those two being what are known as "traffic exchanges," whereby members view the blogs of fellow members in rotation in exchange for traffic credits as, in their turn, can attract site traffic. And which also use banner-swap exchanges to help increase traffic, or try to, among fellow members.

So, fellow bloggers wanting attention, check these helpful resources out rather than "bulk e-mail marketing," which can be unethical and expensive in more ways than one.

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AND ONE THING MORE: Doesn't it speak volumes for the lengths people will go to get value for money when they find (as I did just this morning) that the pound cake sold @ the local dollar store actually weighs 10 ounces avoirdupois?