Snopes.com

In case you've never been to www.snopes.com, you should definitely check it out. Snopes.com is one of my favorite sites on the internet. On Snopes you can check out urban legends, whether that latest email you received is true or false, the latest gossip and rumors, etc.

I often have to use Snopes to confirm or deny the many junk emails I continue to get from my mother. She is a regular abuser of forwarding emails that are blatant lies and fabrications. It drives me nuts. I ask her why she continues to forward these types of emails and she replies, "Well it sounded true."

Just today she forwarded an email about Barack Obama being a radical muslim and all this other nonsense about him. She said since the email said it was verified on Snopes it had to be true. Well at least she now knows what Snopes is, but just like I told her, if somebody calls you and says they're from the IRS and asks for your Social Security number, you shouldn't believe them and give it out. DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ!!!

People - please don't forward any more stupid emails. It's nice to warn others but really, if you aren't sure something is completely true, then why continue to pass along rumors, hearsay and blatant lies. Don't we all get enough junk email already. Do me a favor, go over to your computer, turn it on and scream, "I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO SEND OUT ANY MORE STUPID EMAILS!"

Thank you and good night!