I've been worried about my freakishly cool niece, who I worry about constantly since I still see her as perpetually 11-years-old, going off to college for the first time this year. I worry about her meeting bad friends who smoke and drink and party too much (hey, I'm old enough and been around long enough to have those kind of friends, thank you very much).

I worry she'll pick a major that will land her in an industry that slowly disappears right from under her feet (er, no, this isn't about me or my future). I worry she'll forget to eat fruits and vegetables (I know. I need to find more things to do with my time.)

Thanks to Reader Chris over at Fly the World blog for this cool tip so I have one less worry about her laptop being stolen (seriously, all sorts of stuff gets stolen. I had books stolen from my dorm room while I was studying for a final, and yes, they were the very books I needed to study for that final.)