The spam just keeps getting funnier. Today I received a message inviting me to purchase a “Heaven Insurance Certificate.” (“NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME!”). The best part of all: the disclaimer that reads “Heaven Insurance is a gift/novelty item and is not an actual insurance policy. It is intended strictly as an artistic novelty item.” You know, just in case you were wondering…
Author: James McNally
The New Brookstone
You may remember that back in January, I made an urgent appeal on behalf of Brookstone Theatre, a Christian theatre company committed to “radically reconnecting theatre and spirit.” They gave us a deadline of January 31 to see whether they would be able to continue or not. Brooke and I sent a void cheque along with our instructions to take monthly deductions. It came back in the mail a few weeks later, and the deadline passed with no news. We feared the worst.
However…I just received an email letting me know that they are alive and kicking. Thank all of you who linked or sent cash. I hope you’ll someday be able to see what you’ve helped to keep alive.
They’re not out of the woods yet. You may still contribute financially and they need volunteers as well. But the news looks a lot better than it did a month ago.
National Post: All Rebecca, All The Time
Front page of the National Post today: The Politics of Pregnancy, from Queen Victoria to Rebecca Eckler.
How does she do it?
What’s The Big Idea?
Indeed. What’s the big idea of asking little old me to get up on a stage and attempt to answer this question in 120 seconds? I’m becoming extremely nervous.
While I’m in Austin in a few weeks for South by Southwest Interactive, I’ve been invited to participate in 20×2. This annual tradition gives 20 people an opportunity (albeit a small one) to answer some vexing question. For the first time today, I looked at the company I’ll be among. The Craig from craigslist, Dan Gillmor from the San Jose Mercury News. And most intimidating of all, Rannie!
Jesus Spam
I just received my first piece of Jesus spam. I think Christianity should be relevant to the modern world, but this is ridiculous. Who sent this, and what do they expect to accomplish by spamming millions of email addresses?
Accept Jesus, Let him save your soul, while you can.
Contact a local church or prayerline today.
Once a person is in hell it is too late!
Save your soul for eternity.
A less egregious example I discovered lately is a web design firm run by Christian people who have put together a marketing presentation aimed at churches. In it, they actually say that since porn sites are so appealing and ubiquitous that your church web site needs to be really compelling to compete. Huh? Am I the only one that sees a disconnect here?