Well, that was an ordeal

This is what happens when you don't log in to BlogSpot for a few years...

Tried to get onto BlogSpot. Oh no, it's been digested by the Googleplex. OK, fine, I don't remember the email address I used to create it in the first place, and forget about remembering the password, but that's what the "Forgot my ..." things are for. It has me give the blog URL, and it tells me that it sent instructions to ... my sbcglobal address. That narrows it down to 4 email accounts.

Start going through accounts. The admin account? Nope, no email there. My professional account? Also nope. I would not have used the iron.chef account (yes, of course I snagged that), so it's gotta be the one I created 8 years ago (and have never touched since) to create my MySpace account. And no, I don't remember that password either. And in the intervening years, they've added security questions and stuff, which I've never given answers to.

Go back to the admin account and see if I can reset passwords on the sub-accounts, and ... there's no link, no button, no nothing to let you do that. ?!?!

Fine, I call a number given on the website and talk to someone whose name sounded like Rain Man. Here's my name, here's my phone number, I'd like to reset a password on a sub-account, they offer to forward me to someone that will do it for a fee, wait, what?

Let's try this "chat with a live person" thing instead. Name, phone, address, etc., and "Timsy" wants the 4-digit security code that was assigned a decade ago. Ummm, I don't remember that. Favorite restaurant? Yeah, I know the answer to that one. Finally, progress; I have a fresh password for the account that may be the right one.

Log in to that email, and the friendly email from Google that gives easy-to-follow instructions to reset that password is not there. Check the iron.chef email and it's not there either. Repeat step 1 to send the email again, and it's still nowhere.

Aha, I bet I set it to forward emails to my work email... and indeed, it's forwarding them to an old old old work address. Set it up with a current address, repeat step 1 again, and ... well, here I am.

Of course, if none of this had happened, if I had just logged in and had access, then this post would have been a lot shorter...

It's crappy

This is a recurring thing that crosses my mind every so often, but I rarely express it...

When one uses the bathroom, the general sequence of events is:
1. Remove the intervening pieces of clothing.
2. Perform the necessary eliminatory activity.
3. Put the displaced clothing back where it belongs.
4. Wash hands.

The thing is, occasionally I'd really like to wash my hands before pulling up my pants. There ought to be a sink, or wet-wipe dispenser, or something in the stall.

Diet Dr Pepper, please?

I'm from Texas, where Dr Pepper is king. Sure, Coke and Pepsi are good for what they are, but I don't want a cola, I want a DP.

For some time now, I've preferred to drink diet DP, because (a) I don't need the extra calories and (b) it actually tastes good for a diet soda. On the rare occasion that a restaurant would have diet DP, I'd get that, and I'd get regular DP otherwise, because everyone carries it.

Now that I'm watching the blood sugar as well as the calories, I'm strictly diet soda and tea. The problem is, diet Coke and diet Pepsi are NOT good for what they are. Why are there so few places that have diet DP on the soda fountain? Almost every restaurant has either Coke products or Pepsi products, and every slot in that soda fountain is filled with a company product except for that one left for DP.

(The ones I have found nearby that do have diet DP, by the way, are Taco Bell, the combination KFC/Pizza Hut, Chicken Express, and Jason's Deli. Also, when I'm in the mood for mystery fish, the combination A&W/Long John Silvers has diet A&W root beer.)

Why in the world, here in the birthplace of DP, are there not any restaurants that sell only DP products? There's a lemon-lime fizzy drink, root beer, orange, strawberry, grape, lemonade, and even cola! The next time you want a Coke or diet Coke, try an RC Cola or Diet Rite instead. Get a Moon Pie too. A diet Moon Pie, if you can find it. Get one for me too.