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Looking for something different to talk about?  Are you tired of cnn, msnbc, fox?  Then check this out!  I frequently watch “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” when I want a different perspective on life.

Now I know these guys are not “serious” news, well, maybe they are!  Think about it! Just because these are comedy news programs does not in any way mean they are not serious. They still express their own opinions no matter how far fetched they might be (just like any other news reporter does these days).

On the Colbert Report last night he had a guest who runs a very interesting “news” website. The Daily Beast is what I would call - fun! Now if you need to know what is going on in the world but don’t have time, check it out. You can run through the days events lickity split!!  Just take a look for yourself and see. It has sarcasum, humor and packs a punch - just what the doctor ordered in a cracked economy and smearing presidential season!

I know everyone is familiar with this phrase, but come on!  I feel like I have been watching cnn for years now!

I really am anxious to go out there and cast my vote and get this ball rolling, aren’t you? Every day seems endless, hours of debate, mud slinging, beer bashing - (well the beer bashing didn’t really start until about 6 weeks ago when Palin came into the picture - but you get my drift!) and now it should be time to vote already right?

Wrong!  Apparently there are still those few out there that seem to be stuck on who to vote for. Now I am no rocket scientist, but this thing has gone on for a year and a half  and we should have made up our minds by now.

In the past - with other elections - I was there. I had a hard time choosing who’s side I was on. And maybe it was not a great idea on my part to be uninformed about the issues. However, now is the most important time of our lifetime. We can honestly say we have ALL been touched by the crisis our country is in. Even those who are more funtunate have complained about the recent crunch. So we seem concerned now - and SHOULD be!

If you have been paying attention to the latest debates - they all like to put the everloving foot in mouth and exaggerate their way to victory. Some better then others I might add!

And I am really tired of listenin to the mud. (Mud talks ya know)  Hey I sound six-packish too! UG!

Just the other day I started thinking about technology and how far it has gone in just - drum roll please - 20 YEARS?  Yes that is correct - only 20 years ago everyday folks started buying computers for their home. Now obviously there were some geeky ones out there that might have had one earlier - but really the populous just started about 20 years ago.

If you think about it - we have come a long way!  In fact cell phones have not been around too long either - but my children do not remember a time when they did not have these luxuries.

Here are some interesting facts!  Be careful - this has a danger of making you feel old!

Historical Tech Facts:

1. The URL: http://akebono.stanford.edu/ used to be the original home of Yahoo!
2. Domain registration was free until the National Science Foundation decided to change this on September 14th, 1995.
3. In 1993, Boeing was the first to discover the Y2K problem.
4. Lee Stein invented the first online electronic bank in 1994 entitled, “First Virtual Holdings”.
5. The first Internet Service Provider (ISP) was CompuServe which is now under control of AOL Time Warner.

More information abounds at the Computer History Museum - Online of course!

I find this all very interesting and some may not - but it’s definately hard to remember the day when we had a small black and white TV, one phone (connected to a party line) - I bet some of you don’t even know what that is!  We did not have a computer, cell phone, the internet and if I wanted to look something up - I had to go to the library (still very limited in a small town!) and find out where to go from there. Most of the time you gave up the search before finding the information.

I feel very fortunate to be in the world today - we are so informed and enlightened. We have a world of information at our fingertips and use it daily - (Just like I did for this Blog!)