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Awhile back, I wrote a fairly well received piece about modern conveniences and how they were specifically targeted to me.  Many commented on it...and several people asked me if this was going to be a theme that I was going to continue with.  (I hate to leave my participle dangling like that, but that's the only way I can end this sentence and make this joke funny...)  I agreed that at some point, this topic would be revisited...and here it is.  And again....allow me to reiterate - This stuff was built for me!

Water coolers!!!  Is there really anything more convenient than a water cooler in your office???  Gone are the days of having to get up out of your desk and actually walking to the kitchen or bathroom (or any place with running water, really) with a glass in hand with the sole purpose of getting a drink.  You have to turn the water on...and like everyone else...stick your hand into the water waiting for it to get colder.  (Don't tell me you haven't done this...lol)  Fill your cup...take a slurp or two...only to dump the rest of the water back down the drain and return to your desk.  Now, all you have to do is take a couple steps, fill your vessel with agua, and then return.  The productivity gained as a result around the country must be staggering!!!  But, aside from that...now you have a full glass/bottle of water at your desk.  And, since there is no drain next to the desk (at least, not next to mine there isn't....and I know, Ive looked!), you are compelled to drink the entire thing!  My opinion: water coolers are designed by health conscious productivity mongers that don't like wasting water.  People like me.  :-)  But, anything that makes me exercise less...Hey, that's a good idea!

Digital picture frames!!  OMG, have you seen these??  What an invention!!  I LOVE DIGITAL PICTURE FRAMES!!!!  First off, I'm a very proud parent.  My desk is continually littered with photos of my kids doing one thing or another.  And with my digital camera, all I have to do is print anything I want...or order prints online and fill frame after frame after frame.  It got to the point that my desk was more of a shrine than a desk.  So, I buy a digital picture frame.  I upload about 100 pics of my kids on there...and set it to change every couple of minutes.  But, I goofed the other day.  I set the picture to change like...every 14 seconds or something stupid like that.  There is nothing more A.D.D. inducing than a flashing photo frame on your desk that changes 4 or 5 times a minute!!!  I spent 7 hours on Friday last week trying to figure out how to fix that damn thing...after spending all day Thursday trying to concentrate on work and having my brain completely consumed by this 9 inch motion picture on my desk.  My eyes still hurt.

Accountants!!  Stop laughing...I'm not kidding.  Now, I realize that accountants aren't exactly a modern idea...But, Accountants were put on this planet for people like me.  I have had a checking account since I was 16.  I've even owned my own business.  And, not one time...ever...during my entire checking account life have I been able to get my balance to actually be correct!  Not once!!  EVER!!!  Now, I'm a fairly intelligent guy.  I even went to college and graduated with a 3.8 GPA and a degree in Business Admin.  The really funny part is that I have a minor in math!  But, accounting?????  That's a completely foreign language to me.  Accounting isn't math.  Im not sure what it is entirely...probably the language of the angels for all I know...All I do know is I have absolutely no idea how to get any of it to make any sense.  And, I have no problems with admitting to the world that, if it weren't for my accountant, I would have had to declare bankruptcy or be forced to sit on a wooden stool in the corner of the bank with a DUNCE cap on my head made out of folded balance sheets. 

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