I'm so sick of these things I could puke ... You know, those e-mails that say things like, "Congress is 5 days away from passing legislation that would make it legal for them to collect organs from all organ donors whenever they need them, whether you're still alive or not! E-mail blah@nowhere.gov to protest this. SEND THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS!"

Maybe I've just been online too long, but I don't fall for any of these anymore and it really bugs me that people who have my e-mail address do. I spend far too much time trying to debunk these things before they infect another 50,000 people's e-mail accounts. The best I can do is send out rebuttals as widely as I can, as quickly as I can so they don't all pass it on. But I don't know if I'm doing any good.

I guess I have a number of well-meaning but gullible friends. I don't want to have to start blocking their e-mails.