It was one of those sharp, pithy statements that raise the hair on the back of your neck. Similar perhaps to "Godzilla Lives!" or "The Creature Walks Among Us!" or "Quayle for President!"

Only in my case, the words prickled not only the hair on my neck, but also the hair on my head. All 25 of them.

The statement? In a brief note from the United States, one of my sisters wrote: "Mom has e-mail."