Michael Savage, the outspoken and often controversial radio commentator often speaks on his program of preserving our countries Borders, Language, and Culture.  Borders are maintained by our military, language is preserved by our school system, but what of culture?  How is that maintained?

I say, it isn’t.

A friend of mine, Tiffany, whom I have mentioned previously (11/04, 02/08, 11/08, 12/08 ), posted a cute article on her blog yesterday. “Occasionally SPAM is Worth It“.  In this article she attached a SPAM email she received.  As is typical with SPAM mail this email has no author or source, it just randomly appeared.  According to Google the list of items in the email already appears on over 11,000 blogs, and has received many comments from people on how much they relate to this list.

What strikes me as interesting is how the list highlights how similar we are as a society.  This list, in some way defines the culture of my generation.  It’s small everyday things like driving in rush hour traffic, using Facebook, having awkward conversations, and doing laundry that gives us commonality and sense of belonging to a culture.  If you were to go to rural China most of the things on this list would be completely foreign. (more…)

One of the biggest annoyances in my life and probably in the lives of most people who use email and computers regularly is Spam. Spam comes in all shapes and sizes and is usually sent from businesses seeking your dollar. Another and more frustrating form of Spam is conveyed by your friends and family in the form of chain letters. This form frustrates me more because the mail doesn’t come from some anonymous corporate evil, but comes from those you care about and who have been lured into purveying internet pollutants.

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