Phishing for Gold

I've had phone calls recently from phone-a-friends looking for computer help; specifically, email help. It seems they received emails asking them to verify their passwords, and one click plus a few keystrokes later, their email accounts were sending messages to everyone they had ever contacted saying that they were needing money.

This is one of the forms of Internet chaos known as phishing (sounds like fishing). People are trolling through the Internet looking for account passwords and personal information hoping someone will be careless enough to just give it to them.

REMEMBER: NO LEGITIMATE PERSON WILL EVER ASK YOU FOR AN ACCOUNT NAME OR PASSWORD IN AN EMAIL MESSAGE!

You account passwords are as sensitive as your bank account numbers. Literally.

Now, please email me your name and password to log in to your email account so I can clean it up for you. (Just checking to see if you're paying attention.

Ain't nothing but a good time

I don't see many movies, so when I do see one, I may as well review it. I went to see Rock of Ages on a whim at 10:05pm. I'm usually in bed by 10:05pm.

I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan. I think he's weird. His role in this movie didn't seem to be much of a stretch from his off-screen personality. That's probably why I didn't mind watching him in this movie too much. I was prepared for his presence to ruin the movie for me, but it didn't. I think they probably picked the right guy for the role.

This movie is a musical with not one original song. I new the words to every 80's rock song that was sung (and there were many). Overall it was a good movie. It had all of the stuff you would expect: 80's rock-n-roll sex, drinking, excess, and bad clothes, along with the anti-rock-n-roll protesters. The only real disappointment was that the songs were all covered by the actors, and I really wanted to hear the originals.

Inspiration

At our church, we have a monthly "Singing Night" where all of the younger boys get to take a turn getting up in front of the group that is there and leading them in a song. I usually am the one in charge of helping the boys out who need it and bringing a short inspirational message. For the last few months I've tried to find a good video I can use. Although it gets down to the wire some months, God always provides inspiration for me. Here is this month's video: