I received yet another email asking me to teach. Teaching what isn’t entirely clear, but I’m assuming it’s voice lessons. Heh. Sure. I can teach voice lessons. Right after I teach my class in brain surgery.

Here’s the message, typos and spacing errors and all:

From: shelia4learning@unionplus.net
Subject: Interested in your Services !!!
Date: September 12, 2006 11:35:12 AM PDT
To: kymillers@peoplepc.com

Interested in your Services !!!
Hello ,
Good day to you , My name is Shelia , i happen to be a student in Central London , I am a student of extreme intregity and i am also a singer , I am interested in learning from you also if you can help me also brush up my talent so i can perform better in it prolifically .
I have a occassion coming up by soon in the United States, and i will be have to perform there and also perform vocally, i need you as an instructor and teacher.Kindly mail me back if you will be able to
help me in my Venture . I will gladly pay for your remarkable services ,also let me know the type of teaching you do.
I will be very glad if you can reply back to my e-mail here so we can proceed on me making arrangements as to how to start .
Thanking you in anticipation for a favourable reply.
Shelia.

Shelia Thompson.

I just love that this is a student with extreme integrity.

Part of me wants to write back and say I charge a million per lesson and please send cash, but the smarter part of me hit the delete key instead. Besides, I, too, have extreme integrity.

These are such stupid scams, and yet some folks have fallen for them. Sigh.

In Other News
I can’t help but laugh at all the talk around this area of the world about the San Francisco 49ers. It’s just hilarious. They lost to Arizona (27-34), but the talk is all about how wonderful it is that they weren’t as bad as anyone thought they’d be.

I hope no one ever says that about my oboe or English horn playing.
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