1. Buy a three letter .COM domain name NOW. Host it somewhere with some services to make sure Network Solutions doesn't take it away, but don't get too attached to it. Keep paying renewal until 2000. Then sell, baby, sell. It's the best investment you will ever make.

2. Stick to your plan. It works.

3. Having 7 electronic ways to communicate with people when you are 16 is overrated. Hell, it's overrated at 25. You're not on call yet and when you finally are you'll hate it. Drop the beeper and the ham radio. It just makes you look like a dork to friends, an egotist to people who see you on the street, and a drug dealer to school admins. The sooner you take off the Batman Utility Belt of communication tools, the sooner you'll develop real communication skills and get all the chicks. Also, stop wearing a wristwatch.

4. Lift some weights and learn a martial art, stringbean. Oh yeah, keep riding the bike, but dump those mountain tires. There are no mountains in South Plainfield.

5. Good social groups to aspire within: Geeks, hippies, local politics, journalists. Make good connections now and hold on to them.

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