2nd entry in one night. Wow.

Here's the new "born before....then you're old!" list from Netscape.com/Beloit. And indeed I was born before this year:

Born before 1990? Then you're old!
1. Harry Potter could be a classmate, playing on their Quidditch team. (How do they work that one out? I thought Harry was actually born sometime in the 80s? Because even if you don't go by JK's timeline, Harry Potter was older than me in 1997 when the first book came out)
2. Since they were in diapers, karaoke machines have been annoying people at parties.
3. They have always been looking for Carmen Sandiego. (good show)
4. GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available.(seriously? I didn't start hearing about them until maybe 2004 or so)
5. Coke and Pepsi have always used recycled plastic bottles.(ugh unfortunately. Plastic is evil.)
6. Shampoo and conditioner have always been available in the same bottle.(what a great invention)
7. Gas stations have never fixed flats, but most serve cappuccino.(There is still one full service station around here)
8. Their parents may have dropped them in shock when they heard George Bush announce "tax revenue increases." (I'm guessing they're talking about H.W...yeah I don't remember his presidency)
9. Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option.
10. Girls in head scarves have always been part of the school fashion scene.

11. All have had a relative--or known about a friend's relative--who died comfortably at home with Hospice.
12. As a precursor to "whatever," they have recognized that some people "just don't get it."
13. Universal Studios has always offered an alternative to Mickey in Orlando.
14. Grandma has always had wheels on her walker.
15. "Martha Stewart Living" has always been setting the style.
16. Haagen-Dazs ice cream has always come in quarts.
17. Club Med resorts have always been places to take the whole family.
18. WWW has never stood for World Wide Wrestling. (wrestling sucks anyway)
19. Films have never been X rated, only NC-17.
20. The Warsaw Pact is as hazy for them as the League of Nations was for their parents.

21. Students have always been "Rocking the Vote."
22. Clarence Thomas has always sat on the Supreme Court.
23. Schools have always been concerned about multiculturalism.
24. We have always known that "All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten."
25. There have always been gay rabbis.
26. Wayne Newton has never had a mustache. (Wayne Newton as in Danke Schoen? I like that song...)
27. College grads have always been able to Teach for America.
28. IBM has never made typewriters.
29. Roseanne Barr has never been invited to sing the National Anthem again.
30. McDonald's and Burger King have always used vegetable oil for cooking french fries.

31. They have never been able to color a tree using a raw umber Crayola.
32. There has always been Pearl Jam.
33. "The Tonight Show" has always been hosted by Jay Leno and started at 11:35 ET.
34. Pee-Wee has never been in his playhouse during the day.
35. They never tasted Benefit Cereal with psyllium. (never tasted it but it sounds really nasty)
36. They may have been given a Nintendo Game Boy to play with in the crib.
37. Authorities have always been building a wall across the Mexican border.
38. Lenin's name has never been on a major city in Russia.
39. Employers have always been able to do credit checks on employees.
40. Balsamic vinegar has always been available in the United States.

41. Macaulay Culkin has always been "Home Alone." (aw good movie)
42. Their parents may have watched "The American Gladiators" on TV the day they were born.
43. Personal privacy has always been threatened.
44. Caller ID has always been available on phones. (Really? We didn't get one until probably around 2001 or 2002, and even then it wasn't really "on" the phone, it was an external sort of thing)
45. Living wills have always been asked for at hospital check-ins.
46. The Green Bay Packers (almost) always had the same starting quarterback.
47. They never heard an attendant ask "Want me to check under the hood?"
48. Iced tea has always come in cans and bottles. (mmm I'm glad)
49. Soft drink refills have always been free. (not at all places...some are still stingy)
50. They have never known life without "Seinfeld" references from a show about "nothing."

51. Windows 3.0 operating system made IBM PCs user-friendly the year they were born.
52. Muscovites have always been able to buy Big Macs.
53. The Royal New Zealand Navy has never been permitted a daily ration of rum.
54. The Hubble Space Telescope has always been eavesdropping on the heavens.
55. 98.6 Fahrenheit or otherwise has always been confirmed in the ear.
56. Michael Millken has always been a philanthropist promoting prostate cancer research.
57. Off-shore oil drilling in the United States has always been prohibited.
58. Radio stations have never been required to present both sides of public issues.
59. There have always been charter schools.
60. Students always had Goosebumps. (Is Goosebumps still popular today?)

In other news, Erica had a flip out night tonight, screaming she couldn't go with us to the ocean for Thanksgiving tomorrow. I think she went to bed already now though.

She's going though. I guess she doesn't have much of a choice. I hope she's in a better mood by tomorrow though, otherwise our whole trip will be absolutely miserable because of her and I am not looking forward to a miserable 2-3 days.