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Neal Freiman

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Morning Brew Daily
Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

Announcing the move, Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote Gmail users could, quote, say goodbye to V0T3F0RP, I'm not going to read it all, or MrBrightside416 at gmail.com or whatever you were into at the time.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

That certainly was the vibe back in 2004 when Gmail first came onto the scene.

Morning Brew Daily
Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

Many people thought of it as another AIM, choosing usernames featuring inside jokes with their friends, pop culture references, or their sports heroes.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

But Gmail turned into something far more pervasive, and as the New York Times notes, it's your username for signing into streaming services, paying bills, and sending important messages to important people.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

It's your portal to the internet.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

And like Donning accused it, shedding your cringy email address could be a way to grow up and look the part.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

Do you remember your first Gmail address?

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

It's the one I have now.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

It's very professional.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

nfreiman3 at gmail.com.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

Oh, my gosh.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

Well, I don't know if I should have said that.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

Okay, finally, Easter weekend is treating us to a feast of Final Four college basketball games with a national title on the line.

Morning Brew Daily
Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

On the men's side, Illinois and UConn tip things off in Indianapolis on Saturday at 6 p.m.

Morning Brew Daily
Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

Eastern, followed by Michigan and Arizona around 9.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

The winners will square off in the championship game on Monday.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

For the women, UConn, again, faces South Carolina tonight at 7 p.m.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

Eastern, followed by Texas and UCLA.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

That title game is on Sunday.

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Americans are Ditching Summer Travel Plans & Iran Sets Up Tollbooth for Strait of Hormuz

Toby, how are we feeling?