Like anybody else with e-mail, I get all sorts of virus-laden messages, accompanied by a flimsily transparent attempt to get me to double-click on the attached Trojan Horse– “I think you will find the attached file interesting,” or “What do you think of this?” or “I am naked!” I find these all very easy to ignore.
Today, though, I got one that stabbed me with such force, I almost forgot myself and double-clicked on the attachment. The message said, in its entirety:
“You are a bad writer.”