Warning to all readers: This is a rant. If you do not like rants, then please do not continue reading. Thank you.

One thing that drives me CRAZY are email forwards. Of any kind. I do not care for your lolz cats or husband-bashing or motivational food-for-thoughts or political opinions or  stories about a sick child’s dying wish or a warning you to not pull over at _______ because ______ will happen AND YOU MAY DIE.

And oh, don’t forget to forward this on to  as many people as possible because if not, you will have seven years of bad luck and then you or someone you love will die a horribly tragic and excruciating death. So, to cover all your bases, you do a mass forward to anyone who ever had the misfortune to be included in your email address book.

Come on, people!

If I wanted to see the cute, cuddly animals, I could do a Google search. I have a lolz cats of the day on my iGoogle page, which I rarely look at and while I am thinking about it, I may just get rid of it now.

I rather like my husband, and he’s excellent at putting his clothes in the hamper and dishes in the dishwasher, so I don’t want to bash him or men in general.

Political opinion pieces generally include extreme character attacks, and it’s just depressing to read.

And all those warnings or “Oh my gosh I can’t believe ____ happened!” emails? Check out snopes.com and the likes first to make sure it’s not purely made up. Because most of those things never happened.

So, don’t send me your forwards. Unless something like the Second Coming has started AND IF that were to happen I could probably hear about it first on CNN.com or the news, so really, forwarding an email chain isn’t necessary.You could even just post a link to it on your Facebook page, and give me the option to -click- and view it if I so choose to.

One in fifty might be worth resending, and if it is, at least include some personalized “I really thought of you when I saw this” note at the top. And make sure that the actual email is included. Thank you.

Tune in next time for my thought-provoking essay on how the word “epic” is completely overused in today’s youth and media…