25 random things

It taunts like a childhood bully, daring me disclose my favorite color and some embarrassing story about how I peed my pants in kindergarten.

I'm talking about Facebook's "25 random things."

The note is spreading faster than chlamydia, and I'm resisting the urge to submit.

Here's how it works: You enter 25 random things about yourself, and then "tag" friends you think should do it, too.

At times, reading someone's 25 things can be enlightening, an emoticon-laden portal to a friend's soul.

And there are the no-so-interesting cases:

People who manage to transform the list into "25 random things about my significant other."

People who use the list to disclose the 25 random things that make it seem like they have a life outside "Everybody Loves Raymond" reruns.

And finally, my favorite: People whose 25 random things remind you why you only correspond with them through annual digital chain letters.

Proceed carefully, friends.