Aug 23 2004

Christian Spam

I recieved some more Christian spam this week. I really hate Christian spam—it makes me feel sad inside.

I won’t name the ministry, as their initial response was not only quick but exactly what I was hoping for. A “this will never happen again” would have been the icing on the cake, but I’ll take what I can get ;-)

Here’s my email to them:

I have received several emails from your organization in the last week.
Funny thing is, I have never heard of your organization or signed up to
receive any emails from you.

In my book, that constitutes unsolicited junk email-more commonly known
as spam. Although you are within the bounds set forth in the CAN-SPAM act,
I hope that Christian organizations, especially those teaching others to
[removed], would want to be above reproach in this matter.

If you have purchased any email lists lately, I’d strongly encourage you
to talk to the vendor as you most likely purchased a non opt-in list.

And the (quick) response:

Please accept our apology for this. We are not sure why this happened
and no, we are not in the habit nor do we condone “spamming”. We are
however dependent on others at times to get e-mails out for marketing
and information purposes. We are in the process of tracking down the
events that caused this to happen and we will try to be better at it
next time.
We appreciate your understanding.


Aug 23 2004

Majoring in the minors

How sad is it that this poor girl was told her communion didn’t “count” as it was the wrong type of bread?!

MSNBC – Girl with digestive disease denied Communion


Aug 21 2004

Toogle

And ASCII-fied Google image search. Fun stuff.

Toogle Image Search


Aug 21 2004

Photo Friday: Analog

Had to dig deep for an analog picture. This was taken on a $30 APS 35mm film camera on a family vacation to Florida.
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Aug 18 2004

Lite-Brite

Lite-Brite


Aug 18 2004

All Your Base Are Belong To Homestar

Dead horse. Beaten.

…but enjoyable if you’re a Homestar fan.

All Your Base Are Belong To Homestar