After having said something out-of-school ~10 years ago as "patio11" on a forum and having someone track that down via not-so-difficult Googling (since I use "p

After having said something out-of-school ~10 years ago as "patio11" on a forum and having someone track that down via not-so-difficult Googling (since I use "patio11" approximately everywhere), I resolved to eliminate the ambiguity and assume that anything I post under any patio11 account goes on my permanent record. Ironically, while it certainly didn't feel like it at the time, this was probably a net win for everyone, since I'm a much more pleasant person to be around on the Internet these days and my Internet reputation has been frequently useful professionally.