Wednesday

We are living in world of passwords. There are so many passwords necessary in everyday life that it is impossible to remember all.

Everything we have on the Internet need a password. The safety experts tell you use different passwords for different things and periodically change them.

We keep a two page list of all the passwords we need to look up accounts, to pay bills, to write e-mails and for other stuff. It is unbelievable how safe we must be if we really want to protect our lives.

The way I see it it is impossible to remember all of them and that is why a list is necessary. The problem comes when we want to use something that was not used a very long time and suddenly now it is needed.

That is how we are with our older computer. When it was set up a password was used but not recorded. We purchased an Apple and the other computer was neglected. The other day we wanted to use it because it is a Microsoft and asked for the password.

None of us was able to recall what we used. After several unsuccessful tries the computer locked us out for any further tries. Eventually my wife's' son solved the problem but it just emphasizes the problem with passwords.

Remembering my ss number, my telephone number, my address, today's date hope to God I'll never have amnesia.