My biggest blog fear is that someday a coworker will stumble upon The Book. I don't gripe a lot about work here. I clown on work more than I bitch about it. You know, I joke about leaving early, reading chapter upon chapter of Cosmos in bathroom stall #2, the non-essentiality of my position, my lack of job duties, etc. I'm not worried about the content, herein; I'm worried about the rippling aftershock.

I work with some cool people. On more than one occasion I've wanted to share my blog with specific coworkers who operate on the same fecal wavelength as I. I've always resisted the temptation. If a single coworker found this site --through my own indiscretions or through search engines-- an exponential chain reaction of dissemination would ensue. I highly doubt that even my most favoritest coworkers could keep my genius site a secret. Next thing you know, my boss has a link to The Book. Now, my boss is a fairly cool guy as far as management goes, but this is an issue that he'd have to address. I could claim that all of my blogging is done from home, but even the weakest of investigations would prove that false. Hell, the timestamps on my posts shout to the world that I'm at least publishing (not necessarily writing) my posts on company time. I could claim that those times are not "true" times; I set those publishing times the night before, from home. Hey, blogger gives me such an option. But that defense is transparently lame, since there is no reason for postdating blog entries. Besides, the next obvious step in such an investigation is to call the Ministry of Information (i.e., the I.T. Department) and request my Report. Oh god forfuckingbid they ever pull my internet usage log.

In the end, would I get fired? No. A severe talking to? Definitely. Written up? Probably.

Time will pass. Old bosses will go and new bosses will come. Coworkers will migrate, as might I. The ripples of effect will dissipate leaving no remnant of the cause.

I've often pondered posting to The Book from home. Work wouldn't be able to do jackshit about that. Freedom of speech and all that good stuff. Even if I posted from home, I'd still prefer that nobody from work stumble across The Book. And what about the blog hopping, blog commenting, and blog surfing? If I'm going to be paranoid, I should do all that blog-related stuff from home. The conundrum being that I have more free time and better web access at work than I do at home. Even though posting from home is the right thing to do, it probably ain't gonna happen.

I think it best that I return to pseudonyms. Perhaps this way if a coworker hits my site whilst yahooing for unattractive penis they may not immediately realize who the author is. They may come and go without ever making the connection. I have several things going for me. My name is so freaking common that googling it is futile. A search engine connection between my name and my site is nowhere to be found. Plus, "shenry" is strictly an on-line moniker that nobody at work knows about. Furthermore, all uploaded buzznet images are renamed to some indecipherable numerical string that only makes sense to the buzznet archives. Even if I upload a picture titled myfullname.jpg, buzznet will rename it buncho'number.jpg. Finally, whenever I've drop the word "blog" around coworkers they always look at me funny, like I just barfed a little bit in my mouth.

If I return to using aliases for my family then all overt, direct connections to me are removed. Granted, the details are still imbedded within the site. A coworker-visitor that feels compelled to linger and sift through my profile and archives may eventually discover my identity. This cannot be avoided. A blog so devoid of details that it is totally anonymous becomes totally characterless. This shall not happen; I will continue on as I have been.

Back when I started blogging I always used pseudonyms, though not for security reasons. I used pseudonyms partially because everyone around me did, and partially for style and flash. Eventually I realized that I felt more connected to bloggers who used real names instead of covers. From this insight (and from a bit of laziness), I transitioned to real names. I dunno if real names are such a good idea anymore

Sherry will now be "Silver." This is a reference to her blog titled Silver Queen. (Yes, she does have a blog, but she only updates it about twice a year.) I'm a bit relieved about this change in moniker. I feel like sometimes thing get confusing around here: shenry, Sherry, sherry, Shenry, Sherny, shernry... it's all too similar. I was "shenry" way before I met Sherry. Of course, Sherry was "Sherry" way before I was "shenry"... see what I mean?

Lori is back to her original pseudonym "El Sea", which is a subtle hint at her fist and middle initials. Other references to my brother, sister, and various friends may shift slightly, but not enough to throw anybody here for a loop.

I may go in and tinker with my profile settings. Maybe I'll add on some search engine blockers. These are things that I will ponder this week.

Before I totally switch over to pseudonyms, I want to take this opportunity to clear up some recent internet headlines. Fear not, I am still alive. Sherry did not kill me with a lethal enema. I am not this guy:

• Husband Dies After Sherry Enema
• Wife Accused of Giving Man Lethal Sherry Enema

...and so it was written, shenry at 2/07/2005 01:35:00 PM.
...and so it was appended with .