Checking in with Tyler

It's been two weeks since Tyler, the former corporate executive, started teaching school. I sent Tyler an email asking when we could chat about the new job.

Tyler's response:

Hey there...the only real free time I have is on weekends.  I am truly working longer and harder than I ever did in the corporate world.  Mainly because I am trying to create a "system"/"process" (you can take the geek out of the corporation, but you can't take the corporation out of the geek) that I can reuse every year...to make my future years easier...

I'll be setting up a time to chat next weekend. In the meantime, Tyler did find time to send his friends a "chain" email.  It was rather nostalgic. At one time...maybe 10 years ago, Tyler was King of the Joke Emails.

He stopped sending them many years ago, but yesterday Tyler sent his pals "FW:Sunday's Chuckle".  In case one of your buddies didn't send it to you...here it is. It is nice way to start the week.

YOU KNOW YOU LIVE IN 2005 WHEN................

1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no ..9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a ..9 on this list. AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself. Go on, forward this to your friends ....you know you want to!