Hackage

You'll see in the below post where I'm moving to Houston. This is actually not true.

It is, however, very funny.

I'm trying to figure out who is behind this. At first I assumed a legit hacker, someone who would link to a porn site or something similar. Instead it links to a Houston Area Dog Whisperer. I'm telling you, high comedy.

As best I can tell, whoever did this must have either
A) Known my password;
B) Known how to hack into my account; or
C) Been using a computer where I'd left my gmail open

Let's break this down:
To my knowledge the only person with whom I've shared my password is my friend Jean. I just felt like someone should have access to my email in case something happened to me. Alas, I don't think Jean really stored that info; every once in a while I'll text the password to her (just to check in) only to receive a "what does this mean?" reply. So I think she's out. Lesson learned: don't make your password holder a mother with a six month old.

I don't know much about computer hacking (though it did look really cool in Swordfish) but imagine it's difficult to hack into someone's computer when it ceases to function altogether. Mine hasn't worked in a month. You can't get all my stored passwords and cookies when the computer doesn't work, right?

This leaves us with only the third possibility: I left my gmail up and running on someone else's computer. Using someone else's computer wouldn't be enough, though; the person would have to know that you log into your blog using your gmail account. Other than my work computer, the only one I can recall using of late is that of my roommate Josh. On paper, Josh is not a likely candidate. He's polite, he has a servant's heart and I've never known him to be a prankster (though I do think he's invincible).

Honestly, my list of suspects would point elsewhere: Karyn Serface. Joy. Shannon Hannon. Winona the Famous Fashion Blogger. But a good detective doesn't just blindly shoot bullets into the dark. He looks at the evidence, draws up what a suspect should look like, and proceeds from there. Trust me: I read Batman comics for years. I know these things.

Josh Chang, fess up.