If you do online auctions, you've heard all the excuses imaginable to explain why you haven't heard from a buyer or seller. If you've ever heard the one, "I didn't get your email message til today" and snorted in disbelief, read on. Many times there are hiccups in email systems, and Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic)'s DSL service demonstrated a major case of indigestion this week. For over a week, Verizon DSL customers have been unable to send or receive their email due to overloaded mail servers at Verizon's facilities. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62460-2000Dec12.html

I guess that sometimes the dog really does eat homework!