Seemingly common things I know nothing about

great list. i need to make the same one. afraid it might be a mile long. and scary.

So little time, so much to learn. :-)

Time? As in amount of time in a day? Or, the more depressing, amount days I have left total? Hmmm...

bread and cheese are worth learning about - so many options...YUM!

Well, I agree that you don't really need to know about most of these things. Some of them baffle me too. I do have to admit though that those "ipod thingys" are quite magnificent and amazing little gizmos. You can put hundreds (or even thousands) of songs onto a little gadget no bigger than a deck of cards more or less, depending on the type of player you get, how much you are willing to spend, and how much storage it has. Yes, you COULD listen to music on your computer instead or on cds in your car, but an "ipod thingy" you can take with you ANYWHERE you go, literally. Just tuck it in your pocket or hang it around your neck and you can be listening to your favorite music while waiting at the doctor's office, doing your grocery shopping, walking through the park---you get the idea. And instead of shelves of albums (ooops, showing my age)I mean, cds you can store all your music in this tiny little space. I have a Creative Zen V Plus that I absolutely LOVE. Best thing is you don't have to listen to anything except what YOU want to listen to. Your music all the time. No country or hiphop, or anything else you don't like, to worry about. No radio DJ's blathering on, and no commercials like you would have on a radio. Another feature available on some is the possibility of downloading audiobooks to them so if you want to listen to someone read you a book instead of music, you can do that. Also there are podcasts you can download to it too, if you are interested in those.

As for the WII, my kids have one and I have to say they are kind of cool too. The biggest way they differ from other videogame systems is that the kids actually have to get up off their backsides and move around to make things happen on the game. The sports ones are interesting---the kids have to mimic the moves they would make as if playing tennis, bowling, baseball, etc. with the controller in their hand to play the game. (It is even entertaining to watch them play these imaginary games as they jump about the living room.) At least they are exercising more than just their thumbs. I know, now you're going to say why don't they just go play those sports for real instead of mimicking them with the WII. I guess the thing is they can do this at home, without worrying about the weather, or getting a ride to where the action is, or finding a friend who is free to play at the same time, and so forth.

I love this! Gave me quite a laugh.

You're not missing anything by not reading "The Secret." Your comment about imagining the Volvo pretty much sums it up. Let's teach people with no work ethic how they can sit around and imagine things being great and wonderful while not actually doing anything to acheive that goal.

Thanks for the laugh.