How many of you signed up for classmates.com when it was new and thought it would be an interesting way to keep in touch with your old school chums (or at least see how many of them also signed up)? I did ages ago and haven't really thought much about it. Last week though someone I knew in high school sent me a note through their service. It's the first time that's happened.

Irritatingly enough, you can't respond to someone else's notes to you without signing up for one of the website's various membership plans. Since I'm not dying to know how our prom queens are doing, I decided to do the more sensible thing: I googled my correspondent :)

It was easy for me to know who he was since he's got an uncommon last name and happens to be mentioned here and there in the news. Also fortunately, I have a relatively uncommon first name as he was only guessing that it was me when he sent that note. And yes, the note was from a guy even though I went to an all-girl high school; remember, I was smart enough to take classes at the all-boy school down the street ;) Most of my friends were guys back then. Hmm. Nothing much has changed when I think about it.

Anyway, we exchanged emails and got caught up on the past 20 years or so. It was nice to hear from Kurt. We weren't particularly close; I vaguely recall there was the better part of 2 years where we barely spoke to each other. For a moment though while reading my email, I am young and carefree, and the most important thing in the world is who will ask me to what dance.

Time for me to set a spell now while I soak my dentures and relive the past.