I just received a tricky junk e-mail. It was addressed as a reply to someone else with my CCed on the message, and it referenced a previous e-mail that I had never seen – one that was, of course, part of the message. It was such confusing e-mail that I had to read through it at least a sentence or two just to make sure it wasn’t an e-mail that I was expecting.

Those tricky spam e-mailers are getting better at their jobs, and that’s not good for the rest of us.

In case you haven't noticed, your local newspaper isn't merely weekly reading material anymore.

The Jordan Independent's Web site, www.jordannews.com, offers stories, blogs, forums, event listings, and much more. Much of the Web site is updated on a daily basis, including weekends and overnight. Throughout each week, the JI staff is gathering material for the print edition of the newspaper. Reporters don't always start work at 9 a.m. and end the day at 5 p.m., and they avoid the stress of leaving all of their work until the last moment.

In the last day or so, local artist Maureen Carlson, other members of the Jordan Area Chamber of Commerce, and I have been exchanging e-mails about this summer's Jordan Art Festival.

This blog is not about the festival, but about the e-mails from Carlson. I took note of what I call a tagline -- it tells you who the e-mailer is, their contact information, and sometimes includes a quote or some other kind of words by which to live. 

Carlson's tagline says, after her contact information: "It simply wouldn't be an adventure worth having if there weren't any dragons."

An error in an e-mail program used by this Web site caused some issues.

I’m already getting politically-minded junk mail.