| August 22, 2023

When I was a young child, I was afraid of monsters hiding in my bedroom closet. Fast forward to today: I’m afraid of the monsters hiding in the sleek and shiny computer on my lap. It seems I’m always one errant click away from disaster. Here’s what I think about the fraudsters, scammers and hackers lying in wait in my computer:

CLICK ON THIS LINK

Your credit score, sadly, has dropped like a rock

Just click on this link and let’s have a talk.

You have just purchased a pricy food chopper

Just click on this link if you don’t think it’s proper.

Your computer’s infected and so is your cell

Just click on this link and we’ll fix that as well.

A measure of caution and a lot of quick thinking

Will save your behind from impulsive link clicking.

UNWANTED EMAIL

I am sending a hex and a pox

From my head right down to my sox

On all of the email swill

Received daily against my will;

So why won’t the powers that be

Look out for the likes of me

And levy disdain and damnation

On the sellers of my information.

A HEX ON ALL HACKERS

May your fingers get cramps, your computer lose amps

And your mouse sprout a fungal condition.

May digestive distress leave your shorts in a mess

And your mind with diminished cognition.

When you’re starting to hack, may you sit on a tack

As a fitting and fair retribution.

A rash you will catch, you will burn, itch and scratch

Till you’re caught and must pay restitution.

This photo of Pat D’Amico, longtime contributor to Northwest Prime Time, was taken the day of her 70th high school reunion. “I kept my mom’s house in Bellingham and the renters are wonderful. My daughter snapped the picture while I was looking around with great pleasure,” says Pat.
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