Kintropy In Action

In high school, I was well-known, but not popular.  I was the kid you buddied up with in Chemisty, but avoided like the plague in anything athletic.  I had a few great friends, lots of acquaintences, and few, if any, enemies (well, except during the Yearbook strike when I was Editor, but that's another story).

Enter the digital age.  I am so popular!

Just now, I checked my email, and I have

• inheritted a great deal of money from a distant, formerly unknown relative
• been offered a lucrative chance to invest in a sure-fire business in Nigeria
• been offered a work-from-home job as a fabric worker of some type (yeah, they really have my number)
• won several contests from the likes of Microsoft and Yahoo according to the subject line

Even our blog is attracting a large number of comments and trackbacks from people apparently well-connected to the pharmaceutical industry (lots of inexpensive prescriptions offered).

Granted, I went through a period in Bellevue, WA when people mistook me for an Executive VP at Microsoft that happened to share my name.  Even got invited to join some "friends" on their boat one weekend.  I politely declined, explaining I was the Robert from Amazon, not Microsoft, but I basked in the brief glory of false recognition.

Now it's even better because the emails are addressed directly to me.  These folks know me.  They are specifically looking for me!  My conundrum is which offer to accept, which contest prize to claim, first.  But, oh, before I do that, I should answer this My Space friend request.  It's from Monica.  I don't know any Monicas, but I'm sure we'll be BFF soon!

-- Dad