Security questions for forgotten email passwords were in the news a lot last fall, when Sarah Palin's account was easily hacked by someone who'd done a little basic research ("What is your mother's maiden name? What was the name of your high school?"). Joel Gunz offers some alternative questions over at McSweeney's:


SECURE WEBSITE AUTHENTIFICATION QUESTIONS:

What is your older sister's favorite Monopoly game piece?

Where were you sitting when your girlfriend told you she was pregnant?

Where did you never end up going for your honeymoon?

In what year did you begin working on your novel?

What time was it when, in a drunken rage, you threw your novel into the fire?

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