I haven't posted a blog in a few days because now I am being required to "Log In" first when I want to write something on my blog.

Up to this point, I haven't had to "Log In".

I could just show up at my blog page and start writing, and since I had already "Logged In" twice, just to get into my TV station's computer system, the blog would recognize me and let me start writing without "Logging  In" a third time.

It is like having to show your ID 3 times to cash a check, with someone who already knows you and exactly where you live.

This is one of my big complaints with our fabulous Online World.  Everyone wants you to constantly "Log In", or worse yet, "Register" with them, before you can read or access what you want.

They always promise that "Registering" will be quick and easy, but it never is.  Each website has its own crazy rules about "User Names" and "Passwords".  Such as, "your password must contain at least 3 upper-case letters from the Hindu alphabet, and 2 characters or hieroglyphs from ancient Sanskrit".

The result is you have to end up creating a different password and user name for everything, so you can't remember them all, and the next time you go to that site you have to "Re-register" in order to read or access what you want.

Why do they want us to "Register" in the first place?

Why don't they just be honest, and say, "We know you want to read or access something we have, so we are going to hold you hostage.  You cannot see what we have at our site unless you fill in a bunch of information so we can track your web-surfing and buying habits, in order to send you a bunch of unwanted spam and junk mail, and then sell your responses to others so they can do the same.  What do you say?".

Am I the only one who is tired of having to "Register" or "Log-In" to all these places?

I understand online security.  "Registering" and "Logging-In" is expected if you are setting up a bank account or credit account online.  But is it really necessary to go through all that when visiting a newspaper site, checking for movie times or browsing through an airline's departures? 

Please... someone tell me this tremendous waste of time and keystrokes is bothering them too!

But first, please answer a few simple questions about yourself...