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It's almost 9:00AM I've been at work for over an hour. Quiet day so far- nothing happening. Everyone who actually came in to the office today seems to be recuperating from their weekends.

I had a really lovely weekend myself - saw my in-laws and helped them get set up with their new computer. They have been using WebTV for about 10 years now. They recently bought a new computer though - so we went over to help get them set up with e-mail, and instant messaging. I'm happy to see them taking this step, and about 5 minutes into having the new e-mail they received their first video file from Guy's aunt in AZ. She's been waiting for a long time to send videos to them.

I think they all belong to the same e-mail club: The one that makes you forward EVERYTHING you ever received! I believe my parents are part of that same club. I have received dirty jokes and religious renewal e-mails sent at the same time. Just this weekend I received 11 e-mails ranging from Senior Moments to Forgiveness. E-mails telling me to make sure I forward to 11 friends so that I don't have bad luck for the next year...but??? what if they don't have 11 friends to forward it on to? Then I've caused my friends to have bad luck for a year?

The best e-mail I received Saturday:

Subject: Why you should never question a drunk

A woman was shopping at her local supermarket where she selected:

a half-gallon of 2% milk,
a carton of eggs,
a quart of orange juice,
a head of romaine lettuce,
a 2 lb. can of coffee and
a 1 lb. package of bacon.

As she was unloading her items on the conveyor belt to check out, a drunk standing behind her watched as she placed the items in front of the cashier. While the cashier was ringing up her purchases, the drunk calmly stated, "You must be single."

The woman was a bit startled by this proclamation, but she was intrigued by the derelict's intuition, since she was indeed single. She looked at her six items on the belt and saw nothing particularly unusual about her selections that could have tipped off the drunk to her marital status. Curiosity getting the better of her, she said "Well, you know what, you're absolutely correct. But how on earth did you know that?"

The drunk replied, "Cause you're ugly."


And so it goes...Next week I'll be helping to instal spam filters and spyware protection...but for now let them have their fun. I can't wait to introduce them to YouTube.