Well, the Y2K bug is here, and about damn time, I say. It was looking nip and tuck for a while, but I carried the flame, I knew that this year was going to Hell in a handbasket, and Mr. Doom-seer was right after all. Look who’s laughing now!
Are we heading for the apocalypse? Use this handy check list:
On a personal Y2K note, I know I’m approximately another year older and deeper in debt, and I would really like to blame a bunch of programmers from the ‘70s for his state of affairs. Go Y2K!
On the plus side, by waiting until December to end civilization, we got to see all those really excellent movies that came out this year like, oh, wait, I’m thinking of 1999. Never mind.
“Watch your step as you exit the train, and if you’re late, just remember that life is a lot like being on this train: we may not be there yet, but we’re getting there.”
“According to Golf Digest, from 1996 to 2007, Woods made $769,440,709. Golf Digest predicts that, by 2010, Woods will become the world’s first athlete to pass one billion dollars in earnings.”
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