Ok, I will admit that there was a time when I was this pessimistic, though I appreciate life much more these days.  There is a certain "pointlessness" about it all, though, if you put it into the context that this article does.  I was laughing my ass off at this: http://www.thephatphree.com/features.asp?SectionID=11&StoryID=2187&Layou
			
			
				
		
			