What if they used Church signs for cheap advertising? How long do you think that would be tolerated?

All are actual subject headers of spam emails I've received recently.

More examples after the jump.

Verdict to be read in at 1.30 PT. Stay tuned

UPDATE: Not Guilty of anything except letting a great career go down the tubes. Let the commentary begin.

And so, the first Contagious Media Showdown comes to a close. And YBNBY predictions were not far off the mark

The one we didn't see coming was Forget-Me-Not Panties, which claimed the grand prize for most unique visitors. Congrats to the team (pictured above) for preying on that unique mixture of male paranoia and gullibility that was so prevalent amongst the 615 thousand visitors they received. Although their traffic stats are now only summarized, as we previously noted a whole lot of that traffic came from Japan. Maybe GPS lingerie will become a new fetish classification over there.

Crying While Eating received the Alexa prize for first site to reach 20,000 on the Alexa rankings, probably because they were so quick out of the gate with being Boing-boinged, and it only grew from there. And at the same time, many commiserations to Daily Dancer, who just got boinged this morning - talk about shutting the gate after the cattle have fled. If only you'd had another week or so.

Blogebrity won the Technorati prize for most mentions in other blogs, which I'm sure is exactly the prize they set out to win. Debate still rages on whether the site will continue or was created just for the competition. Time will tell.

Overall a great idea on the part of Eyebeam, that got a whole lot more press than we expected. Let's all do it again next year.

Is there such a thing as too many BBQs? I don't think so. Do you think she's related to the Party Pooper?

Hey, why should everyone else have all the fun? See YesButNoButYes' latest fundraising ebay auction - Your Logo on My Golden Palace

If someone tells you the U.S. is falling behind in the global market,
you tell them we're still on the cutting edge of new technology.

Damn proud.

A blogger in the Starwars.com network is experimenting on his 7 year old son, a new generation of Star Wars fans and the first to have the ability to watch all the films for the first time in proper order. The little tike raises some interesting questions upon watching episode IV that are listed here. More questions will come when he sits down with episode V.

The same blogger explores various continuity questions raised by the prequels like "Why doesn't Obi Wan remember Artoo?" which I personally feel is a bit of a non-issue anyway but he delves into the issue pretty well. His simplest and best response to this is:

Would you recognize all of your 1987 roommate's appliances if you saw them today?

He's back. Turns out it was a combination of stress and Jack Daniels. Let's all try that excuse at our own jobs and see how well it goes over. In the meantime, check out the theories at www.WheresArtieLange.com.

And coming next week...An interview with an actual cast member from the Stern show!

Details soon.

My latest downloads. Definitely not all new...just the stuff I've recently discovered.

Saint Simon by The Shins - Hadn't heard of these guys before, but this is really good
F#@k the Pain Away by Peaches - This may be the coolest chick in rock...ever.
Could Well Be In by The Streets - The anxiety of a first date, told in song...pretty funny.
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town by Cake - There's always room for...
God Only Knows by The Beach Boys - I was recently reminded what an awesome song this is
Beautiful by Moby - His latest effort is great...almost as good as Play.

This guy found a couch in his nickels. (This is insanely cool)

You've got a week left to show the old man how much he means to you. Problem is, if your dad's anything like mine, the present will end up in the same closet as the christmas, birthday and father's day gifts from the last ten years. I'll post a couple suggestions every day this week, maybe you'll see something you like. If not, you could always spring for part ownership in next year's Derby winner.

Let's start with the obvious. Is dad a griller on the go?

Or maybe you'd like to give him a break from his front lawn duties. (This one's pricey, but cool.)