If you ignore everything about me that's irritating you're going to end up ignoring the whole man, which would be a bad thing, indeed! Still, I'll give you a pass on this one.
It does seem that it's a case of finding a few trusted sources and sticking with them. Perhaps through them finding more interesting ideas. I've been down a few magic worm-holes online over the last week and if I believed it all I think my brain would explode.
Would the phone thing be goose-related antics? There seem to be all kinds of strange things going on with the geese in town.