For the last few days, I have kept my Gmail inbox at 666 unread messages. When it first hit, I got a quick laugh; I am not at all religious, so its not like “666″ has any particular meaning to me, other than the fact that I think it’s a dumb thing to care about.

Since then, however, it has become a force far darker. I feel this compulsion to either read mail as soon as it comes in or to leave messages unread just so I can keep my inbox at 666 unread messages. I just can’t stop!

So I am guessing I am going to get tired of it in about four days tops, at which point I will go back to my normal routine of letting mail pile up and then mass archiving it.