Whenever Newsletter 3-11

A lot of cool stuff has been going on behind the scenes. "Snapshots" and "So It Goes" have been picking up papers; the website is headed for revolution; and Cafe Press is selling the hell out of my T-shirts. They also offer Snapshots mugs, Snapshots lunch pales, and Snapshots cow chips, but the beautiful thing is that I don't have to participate. I'm free to shirk other obligations.

Speaking of which, a man sent me a request to end his subscription to the Daily Snapshot (my other e-mail list). It read, "QUIT SENDING ME THESE G#!DAMN THINGS! THEY'RE F!#@&G STUPID." And whereas I hear that sort of thing all the time, I didn't appreciate his tone.

So I wrote back, "What's the magic word?"

Before day's end, he had signed me up for every e-mail list from gay sex chat to politics in Zimbabwe, and when will I learn to keep my mouth shut.

The point is that if anyone wants to leave my list, just say so. We won't keep you. We won't even ask why. There is an unsubscribe link at the bottom of every mailing, precluding the need for shouting or cursing my unborn children.

If you receive mailings from Snapshots, it is because you or someone who dislikes you signed you up for the service. The system works.

A final thought: Take a look at this cartoon about cigarette advertisements. This is, as one can clearly see, a spoof of Joe Camel. Would you believe that it earned me a physical threat from an anti-smoking terrorist? Some people are simply satire-challenged. Wait till he sees the one about the pregnant mother smoking for two...



Jason :)