{"id":330,"date":"2006-02-14T19:53:05","date_gmt":"2006-02-15T03:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boulter.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/14\/a-mystery-letter\/"},"modified":"2006-02-14T19:53:05","modified_gmt":"2006-02-15T03:53:05","slug":"a-mystery-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/boulter.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/14\/a-mystery-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mystery Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I got a strange piece of mail. It was a thin security enevelope with nothing printed on either side. Through a window on the front was simply my address printed on a piece of paper. The stamp was one of those “Presorted First Class” stamps that aren’t really stamps. There was no return address.<\/p>\n

Inside was one 8.5″ by 11″ paper folded in half. My address and postal barcode was the only thing printed on it. The opposite side was blank.<\/p>\n

I looked carefully for a watermark on the paper or something else inside. There was nothing. I even tried looking at it with a UV light for fun. Nothing.<\/p>\n

Now I’m left to speculate:<\/p>\n

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  1. I’m being recruited by the NSA for a top-secret assignment to save the world from a evil meglomaniac threatening to hold the UN hostage with a giant laser in space. The fate of the free world rests on my ability to find the secret message encoded in the letter and report to their underground headquarters.<\/li>\n
  2. An Al-Qaeda sleeper cell has been awakened and has targeted me for their next round of terror attacks. The seemingly-blank letter has been laced with a powerful time-activated nerve agent. I will be dead within the week.<\/li>\n
  3. Somewhere in Missouri an IT Director is being fired for building a system that wasted thousands of dollars of company funds sending out blank letters.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’m OK with any option except 2. I’m going on vacation next week and I’d like to hold off on any dying until afterwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Yesterday I got a strange piece of mail. It was a thin security enevelope with nothing printed on either side. Through a window on the front was simply my address printed on a piece of paper. The stamp was one of those “Presorted First Class” stamps that aren’t really stamps. There was no return address. …<\/p>\n

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