narfa wrote: You answered your own question. He writes books for airport bookstores. 

superman2424 wrote:

narfa wrote: Why the **** would I read anything Mitch Albom writes? Ever?

I don't understand why people hate Albom. I think his books always have a great point, including The Time Keeper which I recently read on a flight. What am I missing with this guy that quite a few people have such venom towards him. There has to be a reason correct?

After reading his first book nearly a decade ago, I never picked up one of his books thinking it was going to be a philosophically deep read. His books are written to the masses to have an easy to understand life lesson with evangelical tendencies. Personally, I think they are well done based on their intention. 

Admittedly, I have never read anything he has written for his newspaper columns, so I don't know the quality or content of those writings. I just see a lot of folks with a lot of venom and hate directed towards him, which is surprising based on his writings I have read.

I guess my perspective is that there are plenty of people that are not highly educated, that need important life lessons woven at a somewhat simplistic reading level. In my opinion, it's much better than half the trash splattered on television and the magazines that fill the shelves.

superman2424 wrote:

I don't understand why people hate Albom. I think his books always have a great point, including The Time Keeper which I recently read on a flight. What am I missing with this guy that quite a few people have such venom towards him. There has to be a reason correct?

After reading his first book nearly a decade ago, I never picked up one of his books thinking it was going to be a philosophically deep read. His books are written to the masses to have an easy to understand life lesson with evangelical tendencies. Personally, I think they are well done based on their intention. 

Admittedly, I have never read anything he has written for his newspaper columns, so I don't know the quality or content of those writings. I just see a lot of folks with a lot of venom and hate directed towards him, which is surprising based on his writings I have read.

I guess my perspective is that there are plenty of people that are not highly educated, that need important life lessons woven at a somewhat simplistic reading level. In my opinion, it's much better than half the trash splattered on television and the magazines that fill the shelves.

buckwild23 wrote: 
University spokesman Dennis Brown said some school administrators thought they should release what they knew about the hoax when they became aware of it. Te'o went to coaches and school officials with his story on Dec. 26. The school commissioned an investigation that it says confirmed Te'o was not involved. Investigators gave their findings to the school on Jan. 4.


The university officials said the investigators did not examine cellphone records, emails or other electronic communication to determine the length or extent of Te'o's communication over the past few years with the person claiming to be Lennay Kekua, nor did the university ask Te'o to take a lie detector test.

The school informed Te'o's parents about the investigation results on Jan. 5

narfa wrote: If you need to get life advice from Mitch Albom's shitty books then you're already a lost cause.

strandedbuck wrote: I was the 'victim' of a similar attempt to illicit emotional attachments and responses over the internet. 

They're actually quite good at what they do. Now, are they just attention starved, mentally ill women who will stoop to any level for male attention? or are they trying to steal your identity? It's hard to say, since they are so good at what they do, it almost seems professional... the fact that more than one person is typically involved suggests non-crazy women... 

Let's see, the one after me lived 1) really far away 2) really attractive 3) chronic illness 4) died........ but amazingly made it to the hospital and lived!! It was really quite elaborate. It was so comical I started screwing with "them"... warning: they either can't take it cause they're so mentally nuts OR they know you're on to them and then you're dealing with criminals in deep who WILL attempt to intimidate you....  

either way, I let the "fun" go on too long and ended up really pissing them off in some capacity... the "girl" mentioned her chronic heart trouble to which I replied "you ain't sick, b!atch"...   i was tired of the nonsense and thought they'd be done with their game...

they found out where I worked with a google search.. emailed my direct supervisor and my boss' supervisor saying I was threatening and harrassing them using company resources.. what a lovely visit from internal audit... explaining all that...... they would do other things.. I actually broke things off with a girl I was dating at the time because I did wonder if they had someone local and I didn't want to bring her into it.. it was just weird.

I still get "unknown number" calls to my office phone every now and then...... so, when Teo does say he was a victim, I can identify.. especially if he really was duped, it would be an extremely embarrassing them to let out... you kinda want it to just go away.. crazies or thieves...

I was leaning towards phishing scam until another fatty impersonating a hot woman attempted to chat me up... given my previous experience, i was ready to investigate.. got some friends in the right places... so maybe it is just fat girls wanting attention from men they don't have a chance of outkicking their coverage with.. who knows... they're damn scary though - vindictive.

edit: I will say, after reading about the "tactics" used, this is a system.. girl with chronic illness etc.. the one after me would say things like "my past boyfriend, i knew everything, SSN, bank account numbers.. I used to buy him things and send him money".. it was sublte.. trying to create a trust.. never asking for the information..   it's like there i a phishing scam/identity theft book out there that these people are reading...

luckily I never divulged anything but my name and my address which is all easily obtained anyway.. but a lesser savvy person.. like a lonely man in his 50s or something.. idk.. it has to work and translate into $$$ or they wouldn't do it.

cylack wrote: Manti is the story that never stops giving. Now being reported he lost his life savings by investing in a scam project building a bridge from Hawaii to the mainland:

http://dailycurrant.com/2013/0...-bridge-scheme/