You may remember early this year I got spam from my departed father. Well, recently, I got spam with the subject line "I got a little drunk at this party" from Veronica Franco.

Veronica Franco was a 16th century courtesan and poet of Venice; the movie "Dangerous Beauty" was a fictionalized account of her life. Was it a coincidence or a spammer of smut with a little knowledge of Renaissance history? At any rate, if the real Veronica Franco were alive today she'd be too classy to send spam about her vocation, I'm sure.