# Making Like a Weblog

Allow me to make like a weblog for a moment:

Holy FUCK! Check out what’s happened to
[McSweeney’s](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/)! This is terrible! We must do
something. Someone needs to round up the well regulated Militia, and
fast.

Some questions that have been bothering me:

1.  Did the USA give France anything in return for the Statue of
    Liberty? (Note: Responses that begin “Well, one June day in ’44 …”
    will not be accepted.)
2.  Are donkeys actually good for anything these days?
3.  Should you make a special effort to do your hair nice when going to
    the hairdresser, even if you just got up and they’re going to mess
    with it anyway? I mean, will they take more care if they see that
    you care? Or should I just not care whether they care or not?
4.  Should I drop a ridiculous amount of money for a decent digital
    camera? Especially when the same amount of money would buy an
    excellent SLR. Alternatively, is it really important that I have a
    digital camera?

(Wild) tips and predictions:

1.  China will probably be a democracy by 2015. At least by 2020. It
    will be relatively peaceful (as was the case with the U.S.S.R.) and
    Taiwan will not be involved.
2.  “they” will become the accepted gender-neutral third person singular
    pronoun. “s/he”, “he/she” and “he or she” are too awkward. And
    there’s no chance of a new word being adopted. English has not
    adopted any new pronouns or prepositions for centuries. (Meanwhile,
    those who gratuitously use “she” in places where the sex of the
    referent has not been established will continue to shit me. I never
    did assume you were referring to a male; your attempt at mental
    jujitsu is _not appreciated_!)
3.  The coming decade will be known as “the naughties” if anything at
    all.
4.  The “www.” prefix will disappear from URLs within two years. It
    shouldn’t really take this long, but people who should know better
    are dragging their heels.

Music suitable for a Sunday morning:

- Natalie Merchant, Tigerlily or Ophelia.
- Joni Mitchell, Turbulent Indigo.
- The Paradise Motel, Flight Paths.