Valuable Advice No. 2

I realize that I am running the risk that some of you may view me as a “Dear Abby” or Dr. Phil-type by providing so much useful advice, but I feel duty-bound to pass on this advice. If you are planning on stalking someone, do not put their picture as your background on your computer or cell phone. I learned this from watching an episode of Fringe, a new dramatic series from JJ Abrams currently on Fox. In the episode, a delivery guy was madly in love with a receptionist at an office where he made daily deliveries. Of course, she had no clue. Then one day they were on an elevator together, and the elevator suddenly plunged a few floors and came to a stop. All the passengers fell over each other, and the delivery guy dropped his cell phone. The unwitting object of his affection picked up the phone and lo and behold saw her picture as the wallpaper on his cell phone. She had that aghast look that people display when they realize they are being stalked. Luckily for him, the elevator plunged again, this time all the way to ground floor and everyone died except for himself. But a stalker cannot always expect to escape an embarrassing situation so easily. Real life is much different from TV. So consider yourself warned; always use the generic Microsoft Windows picture as your wallpaper if you are a stalker.