A later specimen of the cheating housewives spam had a site that was still active, so I was able to go find out the scoop. It turns out

Some married Woman feel they need more than they are getting at home. The Internet is great way to meet local woman who are looking for discreet sexual encounters with local men in their cities. No Strings attached! These ladies are ready and willing to meet right now. They don’t play games. They know what they are looking for they don’t play!!

And

For just $1 you will get full access to our entire horny house wives data base.

They also claim to have loads of adult content available for members, and even if you’re not a member, they’ll send you, "100% FREE PASSWORD SITES IN YOUR EMAIL… NO SPAM JUST FREE PASSWORDS TO TOP ADULT WEBSITES!!" if you’ll just give them your email address.
Somewhat closer reading reveals that the $1 is for a one-day pass to the site. I’m a little surprised that it consistently purports to be a dating site, though I’m guessing they make most of their money selling email addresses.

On the heels of those mysterious (and pointy!) housewives, today’s post at I’ll Take Your Photo is strangely on-topic.

Just what we need: a nuclear state in the grip of a power struggle.

I was going to go find out what kind of site the “cheating wives” spam would lead me to (dating? porn? escorts?), but the DNS is not answering for the domains included in the specimens I have available. Google turned up only some discussions of the spam, and of the blogs I checked, only a comment in one of them remarked that all we apparently care about with these women is height, weight, and bra size. And no one involved in that discussion noted that the proportions are freakish. The first housewife listed is 5’9″, 120 lbs, 36c. I mean, I suppose it could be done, maybe even without silicone, but I’m not sure I’d want to see her naked, for fear some protuding bone or boob would put my eye out. I like some curve with my housewife (or working wife, for that matter), thanks.
And yeah, this post is ever so likely to end up attracting search engine hits, but since the spam bots have already found the blog (so we’ve turned comments off everywhere), there’s no use steering now.

Learn all about the Insular Areas in the US, also listed in the CIA Factbook!

Found photos from the Arkansas State Penitentiary.

I hadn’t heard that the wise-cracking Jerry Orbach was battling cancer. Sadly, he didn’t make it.

Why does some Mexican music sound like polkas? Because it is polkas! An interesting story about German immigration to Texas, the invention of the accordion, and that big stew of musical mixing.

The blog of a slide collector. I know the past wasn’t really in those odd colors, but I like to pretend it was.

Oooh, just my speed- flea, swap, thrift and more!