Here are a couple more observances that I'm really surprised someone hasn't thought of yet: anti-virus software programs should really get over themselves and simply just have a right-click option from the tray icon to "update". Why is that so hard? Most users don't want to fool with opening the main program, then going to the update section, then choosing to check for new virus definition files only, for engine updates, or for both. Why all the fuss? KISS (keep it simple, stupid)!

Car air compressors. Everyone knows someone that has a car air compressor to inflate their tires. Typically these are aftermarket accessories that plug into the cigarette lighter and will pump up your tires in about a minute or so. Great idea, but why don't all cars come standard with them? And why don't cars have cigarette lighters (okay, call them acccessory outlets or something more accurate) in the trunk where the tires are...??? DUH! Who wants to drag the spare tire around to the passenger-side door to pump it up, especially while it's raining and could potentially get shocked, just so they can reach the cigarette lighter? Put an outlet in the trunk! How hard could that be? Oooh, one extra wire... oh, the horror!

Pens. Am I the only one that is mad about the fact that the color indicator on pens is always on the cap? HELLO! The cap is on the "top" of the pen, which when you place the pen in a pen holder so that you can see the color indicator (cap), then all the ink drains to the bottom and the pen doesn't write. This happens to felt tips as well as ballpoints. At work I've got a small collection of pens, both ballpoints and Sharpies. They are all placed in my pen holder with the caps down (duh!) so that they work. The problem inherent with this solution is that I can't tell what color the pens are without picking them all up and looking at the bottoms. I've got a green Sharpie, a black Sharpie, and a blue Sharpie. When will they learn that the color indicator needs to be on the part that is actualy visible?? The only people that get this right are the highlighter people and some of the ball point manufacturers: for highlighters the whole pen is usually the color of the ink, and some ballpoints now have a colored plug in the end. Not bad ideas. Why haven't these ideas caught on in Sharpieland? Oh, the humanity.

Found a song from 1983 on WinMX a few days ago that the hair stylist that last cut my hair at SuperCuts recommended: "Worlds Away" by Strange Advance. Pretty retro.   =)