The other day, I asked (internet) Steff if she wanted anything from the Christian Science Monitor. She replied, “A picture of you at the CS Monitor building will suffice, but you have to be making a silly face and you have to post it on tumblr.

It took a few attempts to line up the self-pic on the iPhone. When I finished, I looked up to meet eyes with a 50-something man with a white Amish beard. I stared back until he looked away.

I win and embarrassing myself.