Minutes after ending the phone conversation with Eric, he dropped me an e-mail with a couple of JPGs. Being a wise little geek, I opened the benign attachments without knowing what I was to be looking at. “It's my friend standing in a bathroom. And this is important… why?” Then I read his tagline.

Dude, these are pictures from the bathroom at Cal Poly where Weird Al recorded his first song – rock on dude! Another one rides the bus… and the Web.

Holy [bleep], dude. I'd shave your back for a nickel.