I have hung onto my AOL email account the way Gov. Blagojevich clings to that hairstyle.
I've known for years the service AOL delivers is outmoded, and the customer experience has rarely been anything but frustrating as all get out.
But, it's the devil I know. What if I give up my address and the other services [...]

The problem with "jumping the shark" is not that the phrase itself has "jumped the shark." It's not that the possibility of one's own shark-jumping can lead to excellent blogging. It's that once one has "jumped the shark" (beggared its cultural capital) there is no mention of where the shark-jumper completes his, her, or its [...]