Can you digg it?

I imagine y’all have heard of digg.com. But in case there are a few of you out there who haven’t (hey, it’s possible; I just starting frequenting it recently), or those of you that have don’t use it very often, I encourage you to give it a try. That is, if you tend to spend time on the internet “wasting time” or “finding entertainment” (and no – that is not a porn reference). There’s almost always something informative, funny, entertaining and/or down right thought provoking that other folks have dug up for my brain to digest. Here are a few nuggets of gold unearthed recently:

• An amusing take on the all too annoying error 404 page.

• A list of movies (many that I’ve never heard of) that sound fantastic.

• One of the best political editorials I’ve ever read. It eloquently states many of the reasons I’m frustrated with infuriated by our current political “regime” and am so excited for the upcoming elections.

What do you digg? Where do y’all go for your internet brain food?

The 21st Century Rocks!

Seriously, how can you not be grateful to be alive during this era? I mean, there is so much at your fingertips. I stayed at home last night and got to be thrilled as the Bulls outlasted the Heat in Miami, then walked upstairs and downloaded three albums off of emusic.com (another awesome website). How great is that? You can buy and sell concert tickets while at work, transfer money between bank accounts, trade stocks, heck even order groceries. My dad makes a living selling things on the internet (shameless plug: www.genesbooks.com). I’m sure I could survive for a month fairly happily without leaving my house. And then, when I do, I get to bring 4,000 songs and the ability to communicate with everyone I know with me.

I was watching frontline on PBS the other day (now there’s a line that gets the ladies…say that and the panties fly right off). It was a pathos inducing episode about a man with ALS and how it affected his family. Terribly sad and thought provoking (ALS is an “orphan disease” because there aren’t enough people with it to make it profitable enough for drug companies to research a cure). But, he was able to communicate and live after his entire body had abandoned him. He decided to continue living after his lungs shut down and had to be on a respirator continuously.  Amazing. Not possible even 20 years ago. Hmm. Didn’t mean for that example to be so…depressing.