Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

Remember that weird email asking me to send my resume for an unspecified job, where we talked about what business they might really be in, off in glamorous eastern Iowa? (If not, I'll wait while you read it.)

Well, I'm in the middle of an argument (I don't think we've hit the "flame war" stage--I hope not) with someone on alt.poly who signs himself Mad_Macz [sic]. And somewhere in there, he said enough about where his alleged wealth comes from that I said something like "So you're the person who sent me anonymous email about a job at what looked like an escort service?!" He got miffed, and asked why I thought that; I explained. In the course of all this, he went on about how I had no idea what rich people might need--but he also said that "Callidus Ventures" had started as a "mercenary support" company.

I've observed that, if so, I can see why they'd choose to be vague even at the expense of people thinking they're running an escort service: after all, the latter is legal in some places, though not in their apparent headquarters in glamorous rural Iowa. It will be interesting to see what happens next.