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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
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This will be sort of a rant but I can't help myself. There is something very beautiful about a blog. For one, people don't have to read it if they don't want. Second, you don't have to agree with the author. Third, it is a great place to spill your guts on many issues.
With that said, Blogs are the perfect place to put all of your thoughts about your beliefs or lack there of but DO NOT e-mail me those thoughts. DO NOT e-mail me a prayer from your favorite neo-con minister. DO NOT e-mail me your abortion views. DO NOT e-mail me your favorite white supremacy chant. DO NOT e-mail me about your views on gay rights and then c.c my gay cousin. Save all of your ranting for your very own blog. A blog that I can choose to read or ignore. This will make family/friend get-togethers much more enjoyable. I won't throw mash potatoes at you.

23 Comments

1) I think I should email a copy of your blog to my mom so that she will quit sending religious and political emails to me.

justmeg Wednesday, August 20, 2008

2) Oh Spike, you hit a nerve... in a good way. I can't agree with you more. Everyone in my family knows I'm not much into religion, yet I get the emails all the time about God.

The worst ones? The anti-military ones... whether they're liberal or conservative slanted, they always bug me b/c when they are sent to me, they are sent to my brother--the one that completed an 18 month deployment in Kuwait in 2007 and is slated to go to Iraq in 2009. Do you think it's necessary that he gets those emails, too? Ugh.

Carrie Wednesday, August 20, 2008

3) I think it is funny when people send me emails about the "little girl who has cancer", or the "little boy who grew up in a closet full of cats" and then they want me to forward it to 10 people by the end of the day in the hopes that the little kids will be saved. I mean are these people stupid. Do they really believe that by sending an electronic message some miracle will happen? 99% of those are hoaxes and yet the same suckers keep sending them to me. I always hit reply and tell them that I would rather watch the kid die than to waste my time forwarding it to other people. (just for a laugh)

RickMonday Wednesday, August 20, 2008

4) True dat RickMonday. I usually find it on www.snopes.com and forward it to them to PROVE it's not real, but you are right, it's the same people that continue to do it.

Carrie Wednesday, August 20, 2008

5) I have emailed this blog to 10 people asking them to pray for you or else they will get their ankles slashed by gangs under their car while they are pumping gas talking on their cell phone waiting for the gas pump to explode. :)

niki Wednesday, August 20, 2008

6) HA! Niki that is awesome.

Spike Wednesday, August 20, 2008

7) Don't laugh. It happend to my gay uncle after he avoided the draft by hiding in a closet full of cats, beat cancer and avoided the vengeful spirit of an exboyfriend. I blame the chain letters.

Brian Osborne Wednesday, August 20, 2008

8) Sarah, I have a solution for you. Here is what I do.

Setup a filter in your email that deletes anything with the words "gay cousin" in it. That should take care of it.

Denny Deaton Wednesday, August 20, 2008

9) Spike, I agree with you, and maybe some people are so set in their thoughts that they are like mules with blinders and ear plugs, they don't see to see or hear any thing but their convictions.

BeanCounter37 Wednesday, August 20, 2008

10) Has my dad been sending you emails too?!?! :)

pegi Wednesday, August 20, 2008

11) haha Yes...and so has my own Dad...and other unnamed people.

Spike Wednesday, August 20, 2008

12) On the fifth day of my teaching job last year, a fellow teacher, a SCIENCE teacher, e-mailed all of the faculty to say that a freak astronomical occurrence would make the moon see twice as big as it usually is that night. Needless to say, it wasn't true, I e-mailed her back with proof, and I did not make a friend that day.

Scott Wednesday, August 20, 2008

13) Oh how funny!!! I HATE those emails too. Friends that say, "yeah I email her all the time" When they are only checking off my name on a sender list. How impersonal. I can't believe the science teacher (being one myself)!! I don't read email from certain people because I know they will be some lame PPoint slideshow with clouds and rainbows and the American Flag. I am proud to be and American but don't want to spend 15 minutes waiting on a down load that will make me feel guilty!

Robyn&Matt Wednesday, August 20, 2008

14) I got an e-mail from a buddy that works in the school system about the immunization debate...she has sent it to half of her school. They weren't real happy with her.

Spike Wednesday, August 20, 2008

15) AMEN Sister!:-) - the delete button on my computer is getting worn out!

Laurie Wednesday, August 20, 2008

16) The worst are the ones who ask for prayers, blessings etc and send it to 7 people or the wrath of god will be upon you and you will be marked as a heathern for the rest of your life. DO NOT EVER SEND ME CHAIN LETTERS!!!!!!!!

dannie Thursday, August 21, 2008

17) I agree with all. I do hate chain letters--and not because I'm a mail administrator at work! Even if the email isn't that bad--it annoys me to get an admonition at the bottom that I'm required to forward it on. Or some other "you get good luck all day if you send this to someone--it really works!" :)

LGrant Thursday, August 21, 2008

18) I got another one today :/

Spike Thursday, August 21, 2008

19) Apparently the wrong people are getting the message, Spike. :)

LGrant Thursday, August 21, 2008

20) Does the same person or persons do it all the time?

LGrant Thursday, August 21, 2008

21) No the one today was from an acquaintance who was trying to be sweet by including me in her mass e-mail with a care bear in it. Said something about Jesus' love and how I could send back to her and pass it on. I really hope my refusal won't send her to hell.

Spike Thursday, August 21, 2008

22) I especially like the ones where in the subject line it says something like "i will know you care if you send this back" At first I would just send it back to that person hoping that they would notice they were the only one I sent it to and get the hint. I guess I was an enabler to their chain letter addiction because they did not stop. I see FW in the subject, look to see who sent it and 9 times out of 10 I delete it.

Robyn&Matt Thursday, August 21, 2008

23) Sorry I sent that Care Bear to you Sarah. I just love those things! :) Ha Ha.
I had a little fit myself with that last email about the prayer. Jesus! Just leave me alone people!!!!

sarah Sunday, August 24, 2008