Rainy Day Griping....

I'm so pissed.

I have been in bed sick since Monday night with the tummy bug that my littlest one had over the weekend. She was sick for about 5 hrs - I have been sick for about 36 hours now - with the only visible improvement being that I'm no longer puking or pooping.

So I FINALLY dragged myself into the ofc to the computer - only to find an instant message from an "old friend" directing me to what he described as an "EXCELLENT" website that I should check out at my "EARLIEST CONVENIENCE". Well, I'm trying to remain upright for at least an hour this time, so I figured what the heck.

Turns out, the website is all about people who fwd internet chainletters and spam. Now, I don't generally fwd anything that says "send this to 10 people" - the ONLY time I would consider it is NOT because the email tells me to, but because I liked what was in the email. Just so happens that I received a prayer in the mail the other day, and I liked what it said. I cleaned it up - of course I took out all the "fwd this" shit - and I sent it to about 5 people close to me that I thought could use this particular kind of a blessing. One of them was Mr. Neverfwdanythingtome Period (the one who had sent me the instant message).

Ok, maybe I asked for it. But I happen to know he is going through a lot right now, and I also know that he is a religious person (in that he believes in God, has studied the Bible, and prays - he's also been known to send a monthly donation to some nuns up in the Texas Panhandle, but I doubt he knows that I know this).

So I read the website - which I must say I found kind of high-handed and self-righteous - and the guy couldn't even use spell check?? I found that quite amusing, actually. Thus ensued the following instant message conversation: (yes the names have been changed, sort of)

OSM says:
are you trying to tell me something??
P says:
yes
P says:
sublety is not one of my virtues
P says:
i've told you before about that chain letter stuff
OSM says:
just to clarify - i always strip headers... never hit "reply to all" and do NOT forward mail... i DID send you the prayer about finances - but that was not a fwd.....
OSM says:
and the ONLY way a spammer can GET your email address from spam - is if it GETS back to them.... there is NO email tracking software
P says:
all it takes is ONE person on the list who knows how to sell it...sheesh
OSM says:
so if you GOT a fwd from me, it had to be from a virus.... because i have not - nor will i - fwd anything....
P says:
k

I think I'll set up a ghost email and start signing his ass up for everything from Rogane to Viagra - with maybe even a sex-change porn site thrown in for good measure! ...osm