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So who's got their gas powered generator yet? I have. But really, I don't understand the whole Y2K (Year two-thousand bug) Insanity. I know a little bit about computers and I can tell you this: THE WORLD WILL NOT END! Sure, some older computer systems might have problems, but the oxygen will not be sucked from the atmosphere and the world will not flood over with floods brought upon us by God himself. However, I'll have to admit, some of your microwaves might not work. So I guess those of you who hopped out and bought your portable generators and stocked up on canned goods were right. Though I hope you got a non-electric can opener... because all those microwaves are gonna cause a catastrophic meltdown of basic world order. People are going to run wild through the streets, killing everything in their path. Insects will take over the world and name our new leader the queen of the earth hive while inslaving the human race as their drones. We'll be forced to pollinate thorny, poisonous flowers as our slave duty labor. Our atmosphere will become filled with carbon monoxide and fluorine gas.

Female humans will grow two heads and five arms. Males will become obsessed with sex... oh, wait... that won't change. But they will have 3 kidneys and 7 livers. The opposable thumb separating us from other mammals will degenerate and we'll have to pick up objects with our feet.

I hope you get my point. Nothing will happen! However, there are still those people who thing the world will end. The picture off to the left was taken from TIME Magazine, the January 18th issue. The caption is as follows:

In Arkansas Jerry and Carolyn Head show off some of their family's Y2K stockpile. Says son David, left: "God's going to protect us. But we're also preparing. I'm not afraid of hard work." Daughter Sarah starts college in the fall but expects to be home by winter. "I don't want to be away when something happens."

Come on! Sure these people appear nice, but look at the kid's shirt: "Jesus is life." Can we say "cult?" Why don't they just put a sign on their mailbox that says "FDA, come storm our house!" I'm sorry, whackos, but you'll be disappointed on December 31st when all your supplies prove to be worthless. Anyway, at the turn of the millennium I know what I'll be doing, sitting in front of my computer working on my webpage (please hold your snickers to a minimum). Without interruption of course. :-)