Too Many Passwords and Too Many Usernames

Is it just me, or are there way too many sites on the internet that require a username and password? At first I liked it, but now, frankly, I get annoyed.

I understand having a username and password for certain things like e-mail, facebook, online banking, online family history, you know, all the things that you don't want other people to be snooping around. But then I don't understand why I need to have a username and password to print coupons off the internet or read an entertaining article about something scandalous that one of my favorite celebrities did.

Here's my little secret that most of you already do. I have the same username and password for everything that I don't care about. Then all the important stuff, I have a different username and change the password often so nosey people won't have any desire to spend hours uncracking an e-mail password to an inbox with a bunch of boring messages. I feel like I have had a good system that has worked for me all this time.

Then there are the frustrating days. Picture this: you have 4 minutes until midnight and you need to order something from amazon.com before the sale is over. Talk about stress right there. You find everything that you wanted and you go to check your cart out. Oh no. An unexpected screen pops up and says that you need to enter your username and password. No problem right? It's the same one you have for everything else. Unfortunately due to a glitch in the system, your password is incorrect. By the time you go through all the security questions, which you might have forgotten some of the answers to or which ones you picked, you have to check your e-mail, re-sign on, find all the things you wanted on sale, purchase, throw in that credit card number.... well, you think 4 minutes is enough time to get that deal that ends at midnight? Yeah, I didn't think so either.

So come on folks, please. If you ever make a website, please don't make me have a username and password. Let me order what I want online, give you all my info, then send me a confirmation e-mail. Wouldn't life be grand if this were a reality?