Time to Cut Bait?

[Media] Lois Collins has been getting phished.

As she points out, stories like these have been written before, but I always like Collins' down-to-earth sensibility, and it never hurts to have a reminder.

Still, you know the scammers are getting desperate when they start phishing journalists. What makes them think the press has any money? They might have better luck trolling in deeper waters like, say, among CEOs and stockholders. (Brandon Burt)

Rising to the Occasion

[Media] The D-News has 2,100 words on the 50th anniversary of Rhodes frozen bread dough.

Now, I like Rhodes bread as much as the next carb-hound--it's not as dense and yummy as hand-kneaded bread, but it makes really tasty toast. That's not the reason I would like to shake Valerie Phillips' hand, though. I mean--2,100 words out of what is essentially a press-release item? That woman rocks my world.

I wonder what our own Stephen Dark would make out of the same release? Probably something like "Dough Bro," the tragic life history of a Rhodes worker who, 50 years ago, fell into a factory vat (d'oh!) and was kneaded so severely that the only body part he can move now is his left eyelid, so he worked out a system of morse code and has written an autobiography. His message? Don't end up like him. Be careful around dough vats. (Brandon Burt)