When people come over to my desk they can obviously see what’s on my screen; many years, when working in an office where we dealt with donor’s sensitive financial information, I developed the habit of very quickly downsizing whatever window I was working in when someone appeared behind me (as often happens when I’m listening to music at work). As a result, what’s often left on the screen is either Outlook (no big deal) or Windows Media Player.

Now, this is usually no big deal; all they see is the name of the song I’m listening to and maybe my playlist. However, when someone is standing there as you clear your screen to reveal that you’re listening to the Tool song “Hooker With A Penis”, there is a moment of awkward silence. I felt it would do no good to explain that the song was actually an indictment of fans who accuse bands of selling out when the fans themselves are typically mindless consumers.

Hopefully this doesn’t brand me as the office perv. While I wait to find out I’ve changed my WMP settings to hide song titles.

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