Pretty, pretty spam

It seems the spammers of our world are getting more and more creative about their efforts at inspiring the average, unsuspecting user to click their oh-so-lame links. I still get the usual array of spammy emails crammed with a mishmash of words that make no sense at all, or pictures of Cialis tabs for $129,95 or whatever - but there is this new breed of spam that has a sense of aesthetic behind it, and some of it is quite nice, actually...

Like the one I received today with this little piece of art displayed so prettily - it looks like a blurry Klimt, but I don't really know and anyway, I liked it so much I grabbed a screenshot and tucked it away in my graphics folder. I have lots of these little images, snagged from spam. They make me happy and remind me that there are hidden gems of beauty and goodness amidst the garbage of the world - even the digital kind.

The text of the email was in Russian and even though I went to all the trouble of learning their funky alphabet when I was in high school it was for the sole purpose of writing notes in school with friends who had also memorized the lettering; like a cipher, each letter relative to our own alphabet. We found it all the better for thwarting discovery of the secret, gossipy contents of our illegal classroom communique. So even though I can sound out the words phonetically it doesn't help at all in determining what this particular email was inviting me to do or buy - not that it matters, I'd never click the links either way...but I'm grateful for the little piece of art they gifted me.