Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Stop it already

Is everyone else getting spammed by Xulon and Outskirt presses this week or did I bring this plague of locusts upon myself by mentioning last Friday that I'd been raised by fundie Baptists and had a friend who'd gone to a Christian college (he's partial to the Spaghetti Monster these days)?

No, I will not review vanity press books. I don't give a flip about your relationship with Jesus or your advice on how to improve my life, I don't want to read your testimony, and honestly, when you tell me you can control the weather by speaking to it a la Jesus, I think you're batshit psychotic. No wonder you had to self-publish.

I'm not your target audience, people. Sorry if that hurts your special little feelings, but hey, the truth shall make you free.

13 comments:

  1. It's not just you. I've had the same experience these last few days...

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  2. Sigh. As my mother used to say, Some people have more money than sense. . .

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  3. It's not just you. At first I was flattered - "You want ME to review your book?" - and then I read what the books were.

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  4. I haven't been hit yet, but I guess it's a matter of time...after all, I did mention Bible Study Man in my last post. Meanwhile, you have my sympathy. Good post, but I suspect these people can't read...

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  5. Oh thank goodness, I thought it was just me. I used to be pleased to see emails waiting to be read but not the past few days.

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  6. All right, I blocked the sender and all the vanity press emails disappeared from my box. Good riddance.

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  7. I somehow got missed. I feel so left out ;)

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  8. Want me to forward the one from the weather whisperer? ;)

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  9. Weather whisperer? Oh my. I'm afraid I will hurt myself from laughing too hard so you'd better not send it along :D

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  10. Anonymous3:39 PM

    "when you tell me you can control the weather by speaking to it a la Jesus, I think you're batshit psychotic. No wonder you had to self-publish."

    Too funny...

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  11. Anonymous9:12 AM

    Oy, I thought it was just me! I'm not sure how I managed to get on their list, especially since the last time I blogged about religion was to say I'd just bought Richard Dawkins' THE GOD DELUSION. You'd think that would have been enough of a clue. They are now banished to my junk mail.

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  12. Anonymous9:14 AM

    Now that I think about it, maybe they saw the Dawkins book and decided that if I read one of their books I could be saved. Not so. I think I've reached the point where I'm beyond redemption.

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  13. I've had the same experience, recently, and it sounds like the exact same folks are spamming me. I'm just ignoring the emails. Although, I think controlling the weather by exhorting it could be a nice talent to have...

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