From the Inbox of Doc Sleaze...

You know, I'm seriously thinking of changing my e-mail address. Or, at the very least, setting up an auto-responder for The Sleaze's main addresses which simply says something like: "Thank you for your e-mail. If you are trying to sell me dodgy shares/penile enhancements/viagra and other treatments for erectile dysfunction/fake rolex watches/illegal pornography, informing that I need to change the password on my e-bay/ban/paypal account, or you are simply a weirdo - fuck off! If you don't fall into any of these categories, there is a slim chance I might be bothered to reply". Mind you, I doubt it will deter the spambots and fruitcakes. It was one of the latter who tipped me over the edge and into considering this drastic action vis a vis my e-mail accounts.

Today, in amongst the usual crud which had somehow slipped past the various spam-filters I use, was a missive from an individual who starts off by saying how much he liked my editorial in this issue of The Sleaze, and how he agreed so much with what I'd written, before going on about how much he liked porn and how he'd set up several (undoubtedly dubious) sites. As you can imagine, this left me somewhat perplexed as; a) Big Sleazy, not me, wrote the current editorial; and b) it was (mainly) about the state of online satire. The connection with porn wasn't immediately obvious (unless one finds discussion of Alexa rankings titillating). I finally realised that what he was actually referring to was the editorial for Issue 37 - Pornography - A Universal Language? Now, I know it might be a tad confusing that only the current issue number appears on pages, but the browser's title bar not only carries each page's title, but also its original issue number. Please pay attention! Where the two don't match, it means that you are reading an archived page! Clear, everybody?

Anyway, getting back to the issue at hand, a word of advice to potential correspondents: those editorials are generally no more 'factual' than the rest of the site and do not necessarily represent my actual views. Moreover, even if the affection for porn expressed in said editorial was true, this doesn't mean to say that I want to know about somebody else's porn adventures. I'm a great believer that whatever it is you jerk your gherkin to is a purely personal matter and should be kept private. If you really must share it with someone, I have no doubt that there are message boards and blogs out there which cater for that sort of thing (or any sort of thing, for that matter). Please, do not write to me about it. I'm really not interested.

OK, now we've sorted than one out, did I ever tell you about some of the requests for links I get? Jesus! You should see some of those sites...