Rules For Life

About 12 years ago, a friend of mine talked about how he wanted to publish a book that compiled all the basic rules for life. I thought it was a brilliant idea; 12 years later he still hasn't started on it. And since he's long since moved out of Los Angeles and I haven't talked to him since he left, I pose the question to the people reading this - has the statute of limitations run out on his idea, and left the door open for me to fill that void???

I ask this because barely a day goes by where I don't ask myself "How does that person think their behavior is unacceptable? Someone needs to write a book!" And then I say "Hey, I should write that book!" And then again I say "Oh right, my friend John planted his flag on this territory a dozen years ago."

So John, maybe you're reading this (doubtful). If you are, and you're still working on the book (even more doubtful), maybe you should add this rule in your book:

Rules for Living - If you're e-mailing someone for the first time and you have an odd e-mail address (this would be anything that's not your real name), for the love of God identify yourself in the subject line. If you're IM'ing, the very first IM you should send should read "Hey, it's me Pete Jones" or whatever your non-Pete Jones name would be.

I can't tell you how annoying it is to get angry phone calls from someone angry with me because I haven't responded to an e-mail they sent weeks ago. An e-mail that's from an address that reads "Flacarubia123@hotmail.com", and the subject line is "Hi".

Would anyone in their right mind think this e-mail is for anything other than viagra?