i attended awp in march on behalf of so to speak journal, and part of our sales tactic (that we devised on the final day of the conference) was to sell curses to conference-goers for $1.
we sold many, many curses.
thus, the inspiration for my own curse: this version of my site.
examples of some of the curses:
1) you will miss your flight (this actually ended up happening to many people; we do not claim fault)
2) you will meet your favorite author, but when you go to shake their hand, it will be sticky
3) your milk will sour before the expiry date
this was very fun to do, but many people were freaked out by the curses. their loss. i wonder if the wary missed their flights.