It begins, as it must, with a picture of Al Gore, and the notation, "ARPANET (precursor to internet) invented. (If anyone makes any overused Al Gore jokes they will be beaten unconscious with a 300 baud modem)."
This sounded like a challenge to me, so I'll try and invent a new one (based -- just like Law & Order! -- on events 'ripped from the headlines'):
Al Gore was in Chicago recently, at the Borders bookstore at Randolph and State, signing copies of his new collection of sermons.Yeah, I know, don't give up your day job, kid.
Eager book-buyers lined up early awaiting St. Albert's arrival, many of them loudly encouraging him to declare himself a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
(beat)
I didn't know there were that many Republicans left in Chicago.
Anyway, back to the timeline: If you click over to this, maybe you can explain "Zombo.com" to me. (Maybe it has something to do with Chris' recent fascination with zombies?)
7 comments:
i think you must have taken something other than a vitamin today curmy. ha ha
are you seeing pretty colors?
smiles, bee
It was good to read that history as I had completely forgotten that my very first email address was with with Prodigy.
I wonder what ever happened to Prodigy? I wonder what the heck Zombo.com is supposed to be?!?
Psst! I have a confession. I had never heard about Al Gore being the one who started up the internet until just recently. Wow, I really need to know what goes on in the world. Good thing I can come here and find out what I really need to know. :-)
Just want to add, I was thinking last night about the arrow keys on my computer. It suddenly dawned on me...we did not always have a computer mouse. The arrow keys were our "mouse". Odd that I forgot all about that.
Bee -- maybe I did grab the wrong bottle yesterday morning....
that Al Gore guy is just . . .
I can't say it. I just can't.
Things that make you go hmmmmm.
Top link Curmudgeon, was there really life before internet?
I cannot explain zombo.com. Nobody can....
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