Comments on: The Next Action — the ATM Password http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2010/06/28/the-next-action-the-atm-password/ the personal blog of Neil Kramer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:25:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: WebSavvyMom http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2010/06/28/the-next-action-the-atm-password/comment-page-1/#comment-242819 WebSavvyMom Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:47:09 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=7167#comment-242819 -->If she was as competitive as you say for 12 years and you just barely beat her out in final GPA, this may be a nice "victory" for her. Change your password. Then tell her. Then tell us the name! –>If she was as competitive as you say for 12 years and you just barely beat her out in final GPA, this may be a nice “victory” for her.
Change your password.
Then tell her.
Then tell us the name!
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]]> By: sarah http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2010/06/28/the-next-action-the-atm-password/comment-page-1/#comment-242811 sarah Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:18:38 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=7167#comment-242811 Grown up me thinks it could be construed as creepy. But the 18 year old romantic idealist nostaglia-junkie in me thinks it is utterly dreamy that you've used this girl's name as a password all these years. That being said, I probably wouldn't mention it; I'd hate for the fond memories you have of this women to be mangled by her overreacting to this information. Grown up me thinks it could be construed as creepy. But the 18 year old romantic idealist nostaglia-junkie in me thinks it is utterly dreamy that you’ve used this girl’s name as a password all these years.

That being said, I probably wouldn’t mention it; I’d hate for the fond memories you have of this women to be mangled by her overreacting to this information.
sarah posted Sunday

]]> By: unmitigated me (m.a.w.) http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2010/06/28/the-next-action-the-atm-password/comment-page-1/#comment-242805 unmitigated me (m.a.w.) Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:36:09 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=7167#comment-242805 Bossy told me I should change my user name to match my blog name. I hated high school, but hubs and his buddies were valedictorian and salutatorians. They blew another guy out of the water in GPA by getting a teacher to set up a philosophy honors seminar for them, which was on a 5 pt. scale. 3 of them are now wildly successful. One of them is lost in space. LOVE the new blog look, Neil. Very nicely done. Bossy told me I should change my user name to match my blog name.
I hated high school, but hubs and his buddies were valedictorian and salutatorians. They blew another guy out of the water in GPA by getting a teacher to set up a philosophy honors seminar for them, which was on a 5 pt. scale. 3 of them are now wildly successful. One of them is lost in space.

LOVE the new blog look, Neil. Very nicely done.
unmitigated me (m.a.w.) posted Random Tuesday Thoughts- Jelly Beans Are Taking Over My Life

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2010/06/28/the-next-action-the-atm-password/comment-page-1/#comment-242800 Cheryl Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:35:29 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=7167#comment-242800 This isn't so weird Neil... I've used the birth date of my first true love as my ATM password/code for over 20 years. Really. And so from where I'm sitting, I find this very endearing and sweet. So there. This isn’t so weird Neil… I’ve used the birth date of my first true love as my ATM password/code for over 20 years. Really. And so from where I’m sitting, I find this very endearing and sweet. So there.
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]]> By: Juli Ryan http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2010/06/28/the-next-action-the-atm-password/comment-page-1/#comment-242796 Juli Ryan Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:32:55 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=7167#comment-242796 Yeah, if you are friends on Facebook, she'll probably click on the link for your blog... Yeah, if you are friends on Facebook, she’ll probably click on the link for your blog…
Juli Ryan posted I judge people by their book titles Im only kidding OK- sort of

]]> By: Jane Lively http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2010/06/28/the-next-action-the-atm-password/comment-page-1/#comment-242793 Jane Lively Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:45:56 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=7167#comment-242793 I think you just told her. I think you just told her.
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]]> By: Heather of the EO http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2010/06/28/the-next-action-the-atm-password/comment-page-1/#comment-242791 Heather of the EO Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:28:14 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=7167#comment-242791 Neil, I love the way you think-why you chose her name. It's not creepy, I don't think. If you were just going to up and surprise her with "Hey! You've been my password all these years," that would be weird. But if you explain, like you did here...I don't know...if it were me I wouldn't think it was a huge deal, maybe even flattering and nostalgic. That's just me, I obviously don't know this woman. Maybe she's totally paranoid...then...yeah, it wouldn't be good to tell her :) Neil, I love the way you think-why you chose her name. It’s not creepy, I don’t think. If you were just going to up and surprise her with “Hey! You’ve been my password all these years,” that would be weird. But if you explain, like you did here…I don’t know…if it were me I wouldn’t think it was a huge deal, maybe even flattering and nostalgic. That’s just me, I obviously don’t know this woman. Maybe she’s totally paranoid…then…yeah, it wouldn’t be good to tell her :)
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]]> By: gorillabuns http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2010/06/28/the-next-action-the-atm-password/comment-page-1/#comment-242787 gorillabuns Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:08:06 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=7167#comment-242787 change it for you, if you want. i don't find it odd as i think we all secretly do things based solely on the past. you were the only one to man-up and admit it!:) change it for you, if you want. i don’t find it odd as i think we all secretly do things based solely on the past. you were the only one to man-up and admit it!:)

]]> By: headbang8 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2010/06/28/the-next-action-the-atm-password/comment-page-1/#comment-242784 headbang8 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:26:09 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=7167#comment-242784 Even those of us without a strong religious faith find that talismans sneak in, under our conscious mind. The little sacraments of everyday life (Joyce's words) take the place of a big religious ceremony. Your password went beyond a symbol. It became a superstition. Every time you used the password, was it a little prayer to the universe that you should stay top of the class? For that matter, is the title of your blog <i>Citizen of the Month</i> the same thing? When she won, did you feel like you were unworthy? These sound like religious impulses. Symbols and rituals are powerful. So is a symbolic break. I change passwords regularly. Many authorities (like my employer) demand it. I use the opportunity to confront bugaboos from my past, and sometimes playfully adopt symbols that are supposed to bring bad luck. You'll find lots of thirteens and triple sixes in my passwords. I would also include fours, but my mildly-Shinto husband gets spooked. Even though I am (for all intents and purposes) an atheist, I sometimes embrace the comfort of symbols. My job as an adman reminds me how powerful they can be. Your job as a writer does, too. But one must be conscious of this, lest it turn into superstition. You know, stupid little things. If the barista runs out of low fat milk as I buy my coffee on the way to work, I know it will be a bad day. Maybe your morning visits to McDonalds in Queens work the same way. Your life has been full of change, disruption, instability. Sweep out a little more debris, every time you front up to a cash machine. Even those of us without a strong religious faith find that talismans sneak in, under our conscious mind. The little sacraments of everyday life (Joyce’s words) take the place of a big religious ceremony. Your password went beyond a symbol. It became a superstition.

Every time you used the password, was it a little prayer to the universe that you should stay top of the class? For that matter, is the title of your blog Citizen of the Month the same thing? When she won, did you feel like you were unworthy? These sound like religious impulses.

Symbols and rituals are powerful. So is a symbolic break.

I change passwords regularly. Many authorities (like my employer) demand it. I use the opportunity to confront bugaboos from my past, and sometimes playfully adopt symbols that are supposed to bring bad luck. You’ll find lots of thirteens and triple sixes in my passwords. I would also include fours, but my mildly-Shinto husband gets spooked.

Even though I am (for all intents and purposes) an atheist, I sometimes embrace the comfort of symbols. My job as an adman reminds me how powerful they can be. Your job as a writer does, too. But one must be conscious of this, lest it turn into superstition.

You know, stupid little things. If the barista runs out of low fat milk as I buy my coffee on the way to work, I know it will be a bad day. Maybe your morning visits to McDonalds in Queens work the same way.

Your life has been full of change, disruption, instability. Sweep out a little more debris, every time you front up to a cash machine.
headbang8 posted The Other World Cup

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