I just received some mail that says, “If you can point and click with a mouse, you can make $100,000 a year or more as a desktop graphic designer.”

You hear that, graphic designers? I can do what you do, and I “don’t even have to be able to draw a straight line — the computer does everything for you.” I can do this part-time, from the comfort of my own home, while simultaneously raising three children, and I don’t even have to take one piddling little design class. I don’t need a degree, experience, connections, or even talent. I just need to take one little $430 course and —

Oh crap. You don’t suppose this is a scam, do you?