So I happened to glance at the little number at the bottom of my e-mail inbox today, and it says I have "1111 items."

None of them are unread, you understand. I have paid at least passing attention to each and every one of those 1111 items over the indeterminate period of time in which they have arrived in my inbox. None of them are spam; I delete that immediately so it won't clutter up my inbox.

Here's what happens to me: If I can't decide in the moment what to do with an e-mail, and feel...