Ya, I know I’m a day late. I don’t really keep up with this stuff, and it’s not like I get any Hong Bao anymore (or ever did). In any case, Happy Chinese New Year. It’d actually mean something to me if we got a day off of work or something– otherwise, it’s just like any other day to me. If I sound like a grouch, it must be the Monday effect, coupled with the lame-holiday-that-lazy-ass-workers-get-off-but-not-normal-people-like-us effect (no offense to bank or government workers out there, or anyone else who got today off because of President’s Day).

Well, one thing that brought a smile to my face today was looking back at this Houston Institute E-culture Newsletter archive. It’s quite amusing, to me at least, because the “Internet conversation” cited by the article is actually a thread from an online forum I used to frequent back when I was still a happy teenager, and my online pseudonym is quoted in the piece– in effect, unexpectedly digitally immortalized. I got a kick out of it when I stumbled upon the article for the first time, and it still makes me smile to this day– one of those simple things that shines a little happiness into an otherwise dull day.