What the...?

Level 75. She's moving on up... slowly, but surely.

Along the way, she recently acquired a new pet:

Yep, that's her lil' itty-bitty core hound pup. Isn't he cute? He's the pet you get when you attach an authenticator to your account. I ordered an authenticator a few months back, and then got lazy about adding it to my account. Why bother? It's just another step in between me and playing, and an annoying one at that. My password security is fairly decent, and... well, it was just a bother.

Then a friend's account got hacked.

That brought the whole "there are bad people out there just waiting for you to screw up" lesson home pretty quickly. I dug up my authenticator and had it attached to my account before the evening was out. And, as a bonus... core hound pup. He's worth the added bother of keeping track of the authenticator, don't you think?

On a completely unrelated note, I realized that at some point, I had a green leather chest piece equipped - the Regenerative Hide Harness that you can get by completing The Gearmaster quest in the Borean Tundra. I didn't see it until I found an Ice-bound Plate Chestpiece on the auction house. I went to check my current chest piece to make sure I got the same enchantment on it and... awww, man! How long have I been wearing this piece of junk?

I immediately replaced it, but now I feel... sullied. I'm going to have to find some way to atone for this transgression, I fear. A naked Deadmines run, maybe? Or something more severe?