I have one password for everything, and it is very secure. It originates from a popular special we used to run at Domino's pizza while I worked there. Oh it's alphanumeric by the way- don't you worry. It was called the 2-2-2 special. 2 pizzas, 2 toppings and a 2 liter of Pespi. It was a phrase I said over 3,000 times during the summer of 1992 while I worked the phones at Domino’s Pizza in between delivering the pies. My earth father had, in a moment of absolute lunacy, told me and my band he would match whatever money we could save up for a P.A. System over the summer, and we did everything in our power to make him sorry.

128 bit Encryption (Illegal for Export)Back then, I had no passwords, no email, no bank account logins, nothing. I think logging in to the Domino’s payroll system involved hitting the F5 key and hitting the arrow down key until my name was highlighted. I got to college, got my first ATM card (more lunacy form the earth parents) and had to come up with a 4 digit pin card. I was instructed to make it very easy to remember, but something a criminal wouldn’t be likely to guess. Now if you saw some of the places I risked my life delivering pizza to, you would assume criminals would be very familiar with the 2-2-2 special. Some reason, I didn’t think it would be a problem and settled on a version of that particular special.

Nowadays, I have (at last count) over 38 logins and passwords, and all of them involve some version of that Domino’s 2-2-2 special. I have not once had a problem with identity theft (identity crisis- yes (witness the breakdancing years of 1985-1988), but I attribute its uncrackeable-ness to its humble source. My wife’s password usually involves “password” with a number at the beginning or end to meet the alphanumeric requirements. Curiously, she’s never had problems either.