You know you are now living in the year 2004 when: 1. Your reason for not staying in touch with certain family members is because they do not have e-mail. 2. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3. 3. Your grandmother asks you to send her a JPEG file of your newborn so she can create a screen saver. 4. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home. 5. Every advertisement on television, in magazines, and on billboards has a web site address at the bottom. 6. You buy a computer and 3 months later it's out of date and sells for half the price you paid. 7. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60?) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around and drive great distances to retrieve it. 8. Using real money, instead of credit or debit, to make a purchase would be a hassle and take considerable planning, even though there's an ATM on every corner. 9. You just tried to enter your password on the microwave. 10. You consider second-day air delivery painfully slow and unacceptable. 11. Your dining room table is now your flat filing cabinet. 12. Your idea of being organized is not losing your PDA.. 13. You hear most of your jokes via e-mail instead of in person. 14. You get an extra phone line so you can get phone calls. 15. When you disconnect from the Internet, you feel like you just pulled the plug on a loved one. 16. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee. 17. You wake up at 2 a.m. to go to the bathroom and check your e-mail on your way back to bed. 18. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :) 19. You're reading this, nodding and laughing.

Daily Kos || Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation. Open thread by kos Sat Mar 27th, 2004 at 00:26:19 GMT I was at the Unity Dinner in DC Thursday night, and I experienced something that only a blogger would write about: You gotta read the comments--I'm still cracking up over reading this thread.......

Yahoo! News - Gun Hidden in Stove Shoots Texas Woman SAN ANTONIO - A woman was shot in the hip Friday morning while cooking a meal after the heat of the oven discharged a .357 revolver that she didn't know was hidden inside. What IS it with people stashing guns in their ovens?? Haven't any of you ever heard of a gun CABINET??!! First, in February in Wisconsin, and now in San Antonio, Texas...hmmmmm...wonder if there is a connection?

Wisconsin John Kerry and George W. Bush are virtually tied among likely voters in Wisconsin according to a survey by the American Research Group. A total of 46% of likely voters say they would vote for Kerry if the presidential election were being held today and 43% say they would vote for Bush. A total of 4% of likely voters say they would vote for Ralph Nader and 7% of likely voters are undecided.

Spacefem.com Color Quiz hmmmm...always thought I was a darker blue, actually....

Laurie is light cyan

Your dominant hues are green and blue. You're smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people's conflicts well. Your saturation level is very low - you have better things to do than jump headfirst into every little project. You make sure your actions are going to really accomplish something before you start because you hate wasting energy making everyone else think you're working. Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation.

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A Worker-Union DisconnectAt the annual executive meeting of the nation's labor leaders this month, the AFL-CIO accused the Bush administration of being AWOL while US jobs have gone overseas and millions of Americans lack health insurance. But where has organized labor been?

Yahoo! News - Colonoscopy Parties Remove Fear Factor By RENEE LEE, Associated Press Writer PLANO, Texas - When oncology nurse Audrey Thompson invites her friends to a party, she often dares them to bare their bottoms. Sounds like waaaaaaay more fun than a Tupperware party!!!

Go read Lileks

Heh.......
Can hardly wait for St. Paddys' Day--sounds like a leprechaun might be dropping off a pot o' gold!!



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Greetings Libra
Here is your horoscope for the week of March 15 through March 21

The time when things could all come together for you very nicely is on Wednesday - when Venus, your ruling planet, makes a lovely aspect to Jupiter. One hunch could mean you get to make some extra money. This could either be through investing, or from work. There is also the chance of a windfall. OK, so it may not be too phenomenal, but it will cheer you up anyway. It might be a good time to hold a party, as well. Thursday also looks very promising for great deals or for signing new contracts.


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Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis. "You do not know the power of the Dark
Side." There are two possibilities: you
are a Star Wars geek, or you are unreasoningly
scary.

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