PAULA NEAL MOONEY

I love getting money in the mail box, snail-mailed in the old fashioned way that some places who don't pay me via direct deposit or through my PayPal account still pay me. Today I got an unfamiliar check in the mail, like a little postcard with a curious return address: Hanson v. Google Settlement Fund c/o Gilard & Co. LLC P.O. Box 719088 San Diego, CA 92171-9088 With that "please open immediately -- important material inside" message on the front and my name following the "pay to the order of" line inside, I wondered if it was a scam. So I Googled information about the lawsuit and vaguely perhaps remembering hearing about this Google Adwords settlement that those of us who've paid Google to advertise various things are now receiving checks for as recompense for overpayment. I love it. My cut of the booty thus far? A whopping 17 cents...but I'll take it. Plus, other folks are getting more than one check. Perhaps one check for each A...