How did we live without, uber rain, Eagles

Today I was heading out of the gym in the pouring rain and hit the keyless entry to hurriedly get out of the elements. It got me thinking about how we (I) take so many things for granted and wonder how we coped before. The list of such conveniences, tools or procedures is huge. How did we manage without cell phones, computers, big screen tv’s, the internet, email, 24 hour news, the weather channel, brand new sports stadiums, fax machines, and other “modern” conveniences. Of course the simple answer is we got along just fine. Life was slower, the world was bigger, things were less convenient, but was it any worse than it is today? Nah probably not, in many ways it was probably better. Even with being a techno geek I recognize that in terms of what is truly best for humanity, technology is not the answer. All of that from a keyless entry, weird.

We have gotten hammered with rain in the last week. The knockout punch has come today. We are getting dumped on with as much as a half foot of rain today. There is severe flooding in our area. Bad enough that our office is closing early. Hopefully I don’t need a boat to get to my front door.

The Eagles won this weekend. Generally an ugly win with a few highlights. McNabb was unspectacular in the win but did enough for us to not lose. I visit the Eagles message board from time to time and decided to voice my opinion that McNabb does not perform up to a level appropriate with the mega contract he was awarded last year. Apparently that is a very touchy subject because it has sparked a huge ongoing tirade from both sides all day long. Funny. Message boards are great.

Expect more comments on my blog entries from the hairy midget also known as Mike on a more regular basis. He loves to comment on my entries so I encouraged him to stick out there to entertain everyone.