Every now and again, if you're lucky, you'll learn something that will truly change your life. Oh sure, there are the big realizations about who you are as a person. There's all the stuff that you learn to make you successful in your career and in relationships. That stuff is all nice and dandy but I'm talking about something that will TRULY change your life.

Well. It happened to me the other week (during my hiatus); I learned that you don't have to refrigerate ketchup. That's right - there's no need. I know what you're thinking - that's lunacy! Well you're wrong. I too was in disbelief. I even read the bottle after hearing the news. Guess what; there isn't even the ubiquitous "refrigerate after opening" warning on the bottle. So - there you go. You will no longer have to live in a world with cold ketchup again.

When you've been away as long as I have, it's hard to get back into the swing of things. First, there's the "what's one more day?" thing. However, almost as debilitating is the "is this *really* the post that I want to return with?" thing.

Combine the two and all of a sudden it can be months before a post is written.

So here I stand with a post completely unworthy of a return. That said I will get to the point. I am returning with a suggestion for our lawmakers.

My brilliant suggestion? It's really a two part plan. Part one: establish a "government approved" paper shredder. Part two: require that all commercial mail which could lead to identity theft be able to be placed in the shredder AS SENT.

The result? I don't spend my time opening credit card offers and taking out the stupid magnets/fake cards/whatever before I stick it in the shredder. It can go straight from my mailbox to the shredder!