John W. wrote:

> I mean, life without a computer...? Is that 
> even possible?

I used to be able to remember stuff. I vaugley remember books. 
For instance, years ago i would have looked at the sentence above, dug 
out that giant Random House Dictionary, rummaged around for a bit and 
finally found the correct spelling of "vaguely". Now I just click the 
link for dictionary.com.
The sooner they can get broadband implanted directly into my brain the 
happier i'll be.

New Years day is about my favorite day in the Tokyo suburbs, the town 
is empty except for the poor sods desperately trying to load their 
well scrubbed and dressed children into the newly washed auto to visit 
gramma or some other horrible relative. It warms my heart.