End of the Funk

Perhaps. At the very least I'll still be less frequent.
But what better way to come out of a funk than with some comedy.

Every time you make a credit card purchase, they're supposed to match your signature against the one on the back of your card. Nobody seems to check anymore, so I tried to see how far I could push it with wacky signatures like "Mariah Carey" and "Zeus," which you can read in the original Credit Card Prank.

"The Credit Card Prank" took on a life of its own, vaulting ZUG into the national consciousness. Since then, some thirty million people have read that article -- some of them, it turns out, from the credit card companies themselves. Surely, then, they must have learned their lesson. Right?

Actually, this guy is totally serious, and did some fun journalism. I don't know why anyone should have to sign their name any more. That seems just as dangerous as anything else, having your signature out there for someone to forge.
There are so many places out there now that don't require signatures, like gas stations and internet sales, and people don't check the signatures it seems like a waste of time.