The old mailbag has been less confrontational as of late. And the trend continues with Brandon Postler asking a good question:
Why do atheists in general seem to jump at the chance to argue? I’m an atheist and I just find it tiring. I really, truly, believe in NOTHING except for the fact that I . . . → Read More: SEB Mailbag: “Why does it matter?” edition.
Way back in August of 2003 I wrote an article about a craptastic product known as the Philip Stein Teslar watch. Since then I’ll occasionally get an email from someone who either sells the watches or has owned one and is incensed that I would call them bullshit.
I’ve mentioned before that most of my extended family is religious to some degree or another so it’s not uncommon for me to receive chain mails with variations on the taking-the-Bible-out-of-school-is-the-cause-of-all-our-societal-problems theme. I got one such chain mail today and while I can usually just ignore them with only minor irritation, today’s missive bugged me . . . → Read More: SEB Mailbag: Chain Mail from Ben Stein. Kind of.
It wasn’t clear at first, but this email appears to be in regards to an entry I wrote back in 2004 about dumbasses paying money to sit in a mine full of radon gas on the belief that it will help alleviate any of a long list of ailments.
This edition of the mailbag references an entry from way back in the archives – some 7 years ago – in which I wrote about the Teslar Watch which is an overpriced timepiece that supposedly has health benefits. Back in the day the claim was that it would protect you from harmful “electronic pollution” such . . . → Read More: SEB Mailbag: Just an observation about the Teslar Watch edition.
I’m probably going to get myself in trouble with this one. There are people of a conservative persuasion in my circle of friends and extended family and most of them have learned not to send me email forwards of any kind because I have a bad habit of hitting Reply To All when I don’t . . . → Read More: SEB Mailbag: “You wonder why healthcare is so expensive? It’s not the Doctors or Hospitals.”
From: “Mrs. Mellisa Lewis” <info@rcweb.net> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:00:52 -0200 To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
Hello,
My name is Mrs. Mellisa Lewis . I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago. I will be going in for an operation later today.I . . . → Read More: This is a new take on an old scam…
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