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December 10, 2005
I was flipping through the new Business Week when I came across this sentence: "For today's wired youth, there is no distinction between virtual and physical reality." Gosh. That must cause problems when they have to take a leak.
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That would seem like a major problem, but us wired youths can find solutions to anything - even taking a leak online.
Posted by: jordan_wildpirate at December 10, 2005 05:22 PM
I dragged my son away from his Runescape encounter to take the dogs to the park
On the way back, the radio had the Marshall Tucker Band "heard it in a love song...cant be wrong..."
I guess nowadays it is "heard it on Myspace.com...cant be wrong..."
Now about that smell in the car...I thought it was one of the dogs...but after reading your entry???
Posted by: Vinnie Mirchandani at December 10, 2005 06:04 PM
We Do live in the virtual world as comforably as the meat world. I have more friends online that I've never met (and spend as much, or more, time with than my meat friends) today. And it's been that way since I was a preteen. Hey.. YOU guys (old hippies) created this world. We just live in it.
Posted by: Elijah Blue at December 10, 2005 08:34 PM
Elijah...our folks thought we were even more goofy...but we had better music like "Shambala" by Three Dog Night ...on the topic on hand, guess what Woodstock smelled like after a few days...
Posted by: vinnie mirchandani at December 10, 2005 10:59 PM
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