What to do with spam

Spam.
Word Nerd isn't talking about the canned meat product. She means the stuff that clogs up e-mail in-boxes.

She wishes she could take credit for this idea, but she saw it somewhere else first. (Where, exactly, that was, she doesn't remember, and hence, can't give appropriate credit.)

Spam e-mail can be a great character name generator.

In the last few weeks, Word Nerd has gotten mail from:

• Vespasian Beckett
• Mirabel Torres
• Britton Violet
• Sheryn Vessey
• Sanders Dye
• Winter Correa
• Noll Baxter

Any one of these could be a great name for a character. Word Nerd isn't sure she'd ever use any of these verbatim, but they are a good starting point when it's hard to come up with a name.