re: Next time you hack into school computers to change a grade, settle for a B

I like to tell this story from time to time so I remind myself how stupid I was chasing pussy.

When I was a senior, I wanted to get with this redheaded junior so bad. She was fine as frog hair. We were sort of neighbors, as she lived pretty close to me. We would ride four wheelers, meet, make out, etc. but nothing got serious.

Now this girl was fine, but she wasn't bright - your typical average student. She had a bad grading term and was going to bring home an F. She was worried that she was going to get completely grounded (it was the 90s) and miss out on future social gatherings.

I was about the only person in my small town that had a home computer, so I printed her a report card. It would not have passed in this day and age, a 300 dpi inkjet printer couldn't get the crisp font, but it worked!

Fast forward a couple weeks and our local weekly paper printed the A-B honor roll. She wasn't on it, and her mom called the paper, who informed her the school gave them that list. She called the school and of course was given the correct information, and she rolled over me as quick as she could.

I was headed to a class when a friend of mine said, hey, I just saw your parents at the school. I thought that was odd and sure enough, I was called to the office, where my parents, the guidance counselor and principal were waiting. I got quite the speech. I was grounded for a solid month, and I never hit that, nor was I ever interested again.