Password Dysfunction

Amidst the chaos of last week, all my passwords went AWOL. I think it started with the battery for my laptop. It stopped holding a charge and would shut down my computer without notice. When I rebooted, the wireless connection would be off. I finally figured out which function key would reconnect but the down time seemed to erase my passwords to EVERYTHING. That might not be a problem for some people but passwords give me hives. My husband thinks I’m nuts. He says just use the same one. Like that’s possible. Some require numbers and other  such nonsense. I can barely remember my own phone number, so I took my stepmom’s advice and wrote them all in the front of a journal. Unfortunately, that false since of confidence led me to try too many times to get on let’s say Twitter. And you know what happens when you try to guess your password too many times?

Colin Nissan says it best in his hilarious article I’M THE DISTORTED SECURITY CODE STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND THIS WEB PAGE.

What is up with the blurry, distant picture of a wooden post with strange numerals on it in addition to a twisted word that doesn’t even exist? I might have made a note of the strange codes I was asked to retype but I was too busy having a melt down. Oh, and I did get my glasses on and dug in with my little flowery journal as my guide. Turns out I didn’t make note of case sensitivity. After PayPal asked me to step away from the computer for a few hours, like several days after, I realized the shift and cap lock key are sticking on my computer. So maybe getting on Twitter isn’t urgent, but I couldn’t even get on my WordPress blog. Tragic, I know. I couldn’t even share my amazing sunset picture that leads this post. I froze my butt off for that picture.

Here is a song that explains my position quite clearly.