Tom & Alissa

From McSweeney’s: First drafts of the parables of Jesus.

Jesus said, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

One of the disciples asked, “What of the man who builds his house inside the house built on the rock? Surely his house will be even less damaged by water and wind. Is this what we should do?”

And Jesus said, “No, don’t do that.”

On a editorially related note, there’s been a Hallmark e-card phishing scam going around, which I put up on the website at work. This was the most clever scam email I’ve seen in a long time, in that all the links do actually go to the Hallmark website (for information about the company, shopping links, etc.) except the one that’s supposed to be going to the e-card. Tricksy tricksy.

But the dead give-away? They spelled receive as “recieve”. Why is it that spammers inevitably give themselves away with bad spelling? Wait, don’t answer that, I suppose I know.