I have e-mail again!

Amanda is my goddess. She reminded me that ITS had sent out an e-mail saying "RETURNING STUDENTS: Your passwords will be reset Monday, August 19. Your password will be set to the first 8 digits of your OLD Smith ID number (in most cases, your Social Security number)." I had in fact remembered that, but had forgotten the importany "first 8 digits of" portion, so i had been (unsuccessfully) trying my full SSN.

Monday night we had the coolest conversation (anyone with whom one can chat for over an hour about working with the public, libraries, computers, and even the weather is one cool kid, so in honor of that, i'm posting the terribly amusing beginning of our conversation.
( cut because i want to )