Sidekick and I are off to Staples and Starbucks because this as close as we can manage to having a date

I fear those days are long gone. You can blame the "Release early - Release often", mindset for a lot of it.

It works well when you have technical people on both ends or aren't doing anything mission critical. But this doesn't reflect reality for most people.

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They're going to grow up homeless unfortunately. I haven't seen a 8" floppy drive in years :)

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I wish bean bag chairs weren't so tacky looking. I'd love to have one in my office but my brain will insist there's patchouli in the air and black light posters on the wall.

Prudence dictates that I head to the office and do a few things while there's no-one there to bug me.

I think I will flip prudence my middle finger today.

I hadn't heard them termed that way until a few years ago. Like you, I thought, "Are they going to squeeze a rubber bulb and shoot the stuff into their mouths?"

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I'm kind of getting an Amway vibe here.

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It's the exact same thing as a flute.

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If I could tell my head, "Stop that. It's illegal", and it actually works..

This is a law I could get behind.

Last year was Dom Perignon 2001. This is why pouring it down the sink makes us flinch. :)