Welcome to the human race

... On a morning when I was convinced things couldn't get much worse -- the economy is facing doom, we're fighting a war with no end in sight, gas prices are guzzling our money, we're afraid of losing our homes, our job statuses are in shambles ...

I got two Mountain Dews for the price of one from the soda machine.

At least our home teams are still playing baseball too -- all of our home teams. The Brewers are in, the Cubs are in, and the White Sox got in tonight ... Holy crap.

I've been drowning myself in music today, thanks to MySpace's nifty new music player. Hush Sound, Ben Folds, Imogen Heap.

Given the circumstances, my friend Laura sent me this. With the words, simply "Watch."

She added, "Imperative."

... Everything is going to be ok.