Last Week - Tim messed up and missed his deadline.  
Thus, no column.  I'm sure there was no heartbreak.

I really feel like I've been unfair to some people 
lately.  They hurt me, but that doesn't mean that I 
have to be bitter in everything that I write.  So, 
for this weeks column, I need to keep two things in 
mind.

1 - I will  not talk trash about the college (saying 
comments like "Are you sure this is where you want to 
go to school??")

2 - My column will not turn into one of those other 
columns which make no sense to anyone but the writer.

So, with this in mind, I will write a cohesive column 
without trash talk about Cortland.  The only problem 
is that I can't seem to come up with anything to write 
about now.

Isn't it amazing how much technology and society has 
advanced over the past 10 or 15 years?  I'm sure that 
everyone remembers the first time they saw a VCR, or a 
CD player.  Here's a fun fact for you to keep in mind - 
If you're a student, you were born during the age of 
Disco.  If you're not a student, you more than likely 
perpetuated the age of Disco to some degree.  Scary, 
right?  It's a good thing we're so much more evolved now.

I mean, look at the world now.  We've got all these 
computers which people think are going to kill us all 
on Jan 1, 2000 (oh no, watch out, you're gonna die too!).  
Communism went bankrupt.  We've got a crazed dictator 
in the Middle East that just does stuff to get the 
government angry.  Delusional New Kids trying to make a 
third try for the money.  Television went from Sesame 
Street through Barney and directly to Teletubbies (I 
love those little things, they're just so gosh darn cute).  
Finally, and most importantly, we went from Atari to 
fully-emersive-3D-shoot-at-lots-of-stuff video games.  
Come on, tell me that stuff doesn't get to you.

I'm also pretty sure that everyone remembers where they 
were when the Challenger blew up.  I was in Gym class in 
second grade.  Or how about that O.J. verdict?  I remember 
where I was, but I also remember not caring one bit.  It 
did, however, prove one thing.  It's amazing how much of 
an effect the media plays in your life, right?  I mean, 
we were bombarded with that for a year or two, and we 
still can't get it our of our heads.  I mean, look at me.  
I'm all about O.J.  Years later and I'm writing about that 
crap.

Speaking of which, I guess that by writing this column, 
I'm part of the media.  Therefore, since you're reading 
this (even though I told you not to), I'm having an 
effect on you at this moment.  Kind of scary, right?   
I probably don't even know you, and you're reading my 
stuff in this newspaper at this moment.  I've got you're 
complete attention, and you didn't even realize it until 
I just told you.  Ha ha.  That's an ego boost.

It's really not that hard to do.  Come down to the 
office and ask around.  You to can corrupt people you 
don't even know.

Anyway, what was I saying?

Oh yeah, we got it made.  No more disco, no more 
communism.  Instead, Teletubbies and Y2K.  Actually, 
I guess it hasn't changed that much.