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Guess who got an email thank you note from America Online yesterday?

This girl.

I’m guessing Steve Carell did, too. And Tina Fey.  Sarah Silverman, Judd Apatow and Paul Rudd were no doubt on the list, too.

You see, we all still use AOL as our primary email client.  Brand ourselves as pioneers of the Internet each time we hit ‘send’ by associating ourselves with AOL in this Gmail world.

I’m not crazy brand loyal; I’m just lazy.  As AOL pointed out in their “celebrating you” thank you note, they’ve been my email service provider since 1996.

Before I was even born.

Do you know how many accounts, organizations and friends know me by this email address?  The mere thought of changing it — and the domino effect of changes that would be required as a result — gives me the hives.

Of course, I have other email addresses for professional purposes — even a Gmail account that I rarely use — but AOL is still core.

And knowing that so many way cool people have an uncool email address like me…makes it the cool thing to do.

That’s what I keep telling myself.