Here is a rather odd email I received last week during my hiatus:

Greetings,

What sort of torch do you carry? Are you FBI? Are you part of one of Lavey’s
splinter groups? Are you a mason?

Nosey aren’t I? Maybe you are a spam freak, I don’t know. Anyway I’ll give you
a tip as token of my good will. Cost Plus is traded on the NASDAQ. It is at
around $32 a share. By the new year you can make at least a 5% profit.

I can not lie, I am a Christian and the spirit world is very real.

Please do not spam.

I’m not quite sure how to reply to all this… Insider trading? A bizarre attempt to promote a friend’s business? Beats the shit out of me. I guess I’ll just write back and disappoint him that I’m neither FBI, a Mason or a member of the Church of Satan’s inner ring - nor do I trade stock based on tips I receive from people with rambling emails.