Remember the “forgot password” button that used to be on most websites? The one that used to send you your password if you couldn’t remember which one of the dozen you used? Forget it, it is about as dead as Milli Vanilli. What replaced it is a “forgot password” button that forces you to reset your password immediately. No time to think, just type.

I am not one for excuses, but this is the reason why I haven’t entered anything on my blog in such a long time. Apparently my host, WordPress, reset passwords a while ago. They didn’t accept the one that I not only entered correctly, but carefully wrote it down. WordPress made me create a new password then told me it wasn’t strong enough. Then I could not reuse the old one. Gotcha twice.

What’s in a password, anyway? According to an article on Yahoo a month or two ago, one of most popular passwords is supposed to be 12341234. I didn’t realize there were still so many Ramones fans out there! Glad to see that Forest Hills’ Finest is still making an impression.

The point here is do not expect a website to store or remember a password for you. Write it down, but if you forget it, “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” would make a great one and probably strong enough for any website.