I hate spam.

I hate spam. Correction, I really don't like spam. Actually, what irks me the most is people probably know it is spam, and send it to me anyways. Or, they are too dumb to not know it as spam. Or they're doing their emailing at three in the morning (Something Wicked This Way Comes...)

How many of my nonexistant readers have gotten the "science experiment" spam email recently? Here are my reasons against it:


Fiver reasons why this is bogus and shouldn't be clogging up my email:
1) I don't care.
2) This isn't actually a kid's project.
3) If it WAS a kid's project, it failed miserably--the kid had no way to get and analyze the results, there was no point to the experiment, and the thing just goes around and around in different versions.
4) If this WAS a project, it would be over way long ago because I got this email ages ago, too. Science Fair doesn't last that long.
5) I get this from 20 million people. Nobody that I know wrote this, or is really sorry that they sent it, or really cares...

Ooh! ooh! And lastly, there is improper grammar in the first paragraph. (I will highlight it for you)

(and here is the email)

>Sorry, guys, it's quick and for a kid's school project! (and you are
>the ones I thought might follow through, either because you're
>teachers, you have kids, you like science, your looking for names for
>future children or you're just plain nice) This is for a Science Fair
>project. If you could do this I would appreciate it! DON'T ASK, JUST
>PLAY! Copy and paste this letter into a new email (PLEASE do NOT hit
>"Forward"), then read the list of names.
>If your name is on the list, put a star * next to it.
>If not, then add
>your
>name (in alphabetical order, put no star.) Send it to ten people and
>send it back to the person who sent it to you.
>Put your name in the subject box! You'll see what happens - it's kind
>of cool! Please keep this going. Don't MESS it up, please.
>Abbey
>Adam
>Adrienne
Alicia
>Alison
>Amanda*
>Amelia
>Amy
>Andrea*
>Andy
>Angela*
>Ann*******
>Anna
>Anne
>Annette
>Audra
>Barb
>Barbara
>Beth
>Betty
>Bridget
>Carla
>Catherine
>Camille
>Carol

>Caroline
>Carlin
>Cheryl
>Curtiss
>Debbie
>Denise*
>Diana*
>Diane*
>Elise
>Elveda
>Eric
>Erica
>Erin
>Gail*
>Graham
>Gretchen
>Greta
>Gwen*
>Haylee
>Heather*
>Howard
>Jackie

>Jeff
>Jennifer
>Jeremy
>Joe
>Jon
>Joslyn
>Joy
>Judy*
>Julie
>June
>Karen*
>Katey
>Katie
>Kathy**
Kayla
>Ken
>Laura*
>Leanna
>Leslie
>Linda
>Lisa
>Lonnie
>Lori
>Lynn
>Mackenzie
>Malinda

>Marissa
>Marcy
>Mary
>Mary Beth
>Matthew
>Maureen
>Melissa
>Michelle
>Mike*
>Nancy
>Nina
>Patti
>Polly
>Richard
>Robbie
>Rodd
>Ron

>Ross
>Roxanne
>Sandra
>Sarah
>Scott
>Shane
Shani
>Sharon** Rubicon WI, Milford, OH
>Shelley*
>Suzanne*
>Susan
>Tami
>Tammy
>Terri
>Terry
>Teresa*
>Theresa
>Todd
>Tracey
>Vickie
>Wendy

Cultures-->Enlightenment

I wish I knew and understood other cultures. I would be so much more enlightened.

Twisted Viewpoints

Once again...I don't know what to think about weight in our society. It's like either you are obese and have serious health problems, or feel "bad" about yourself because "you're not as skinny as that one model with serious health problems." Either way, serious health problems!

Since that wasn't really too clear (or at least it wasn't really what I was trying to get across), here I go again.

To make my point, please read with an open mind. I am not trying to make accusations right now.

So, we are being fed...propaganda (in a manner of speaking) by these lovely people who are "just trying to make us feel good" that it's OKAY not to be skinny. They get obsessive over stuff like, "girls as young as 10 years old are dieting." Which could be a problem.

But it's also a problem when you actually look out your window: hey look--a majorly obese 10-year-old girl! (No offense, 10-year-old girls, this could be anyone) This is ALSO a problem.

These are two extremes. How do we stop them? We have to keep people from starving to death but from heart disease, too. So please don't diet, 10-year-old girls. Just eat healthy stuff, because it isn't as easy as people realize to get obese at a young age. People of all ages have to watch what they eat. Just don't get obsessive, and please don't get too politically correct.