After a rousing weekend of pretty much nothing exciting, the week begins once again.

It was the first weekend in months where my sister and brother-in-law didn’t come over for dinner and games, so life was pretty boring. We did bake another ham, since the damn dog stole the one I baked last week (it was wonderful!).

Today, we’ve got an installing going on with a utility in Alabama, so my phone has been ringing off the hook (“can you see the new meter?”). In the last 15 minutes, I’ve had 10 calls. At least I’m earning my money.

Still no word on getting the injection into my spinal cord. I’m gonna give them till Friday to schedule the appointment before I call.

Oh… one more thing: there’s an email going around that supposedly quotes the Quran. According to the email, the following is from chapter 9, verse 11:

“For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace.”

After searching online versions of the Quran, I can say with 99.9% certainty that the email is a load of crap. Verse 9:11… please.

This is what I hate most about the internet. Stupid crap like this gets written and sent out, and no one takes the time to verify it, they just accept it at face value. You’ve got the largest research tool in the world available to you… use it! (ie: this link, this link, and this link).

Of course, you have to be careful when you do research things, because myths like this are self propogating. Since people have the tendancy to take things at face value without verifying anything, they post these messages on their websites as truth. It’s good to be a little jaded and look for something else.

If you receive this, do everyone a favor and mock the person who sent it to you, then delete it. Do not forward this crap.