Jul 21, 2006
10:16AM
Ritualistic Burning of My Identity
In preparation for my move to San Francisco, I amassed a stack of documents that I have no need for, but contain sensitive information about me (social security #, W2 forms, etc.). I felt weird about throwing them away, since I'm sure data-miners root through my garbage everyday. I don't have access to a paper shredder, so I decided to put them in my baby webber and scorch them. It took them a while (and half a bottle of lighter fluid) to really get going, but once they did, they burned pretty well. The crazy thing was the huge amounts of putrid yellow smoke that they gave off once the flame had gone out. I thought I might be killing some bird passers-by, so I doused the ashes with a bucket of water, which created a stream of grey, sensitive-information sludge.
The Documentation
fire
fire!
fire
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