You Know You Might Be Allowed To Join The OTBL Blog If...

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 for 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 in your life, is now cause for panic and you turn around to go 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.

16. You complain to Wal-Mart that the reason they don't carry SpongeBob boxer shorts in XXXL is because they are pandering to the collectivist, socialists trying to unionize the local stores.

16. Realizing there is no #9, you do not accuse the local police, government and public school officials, teachers, unions, YMCA, League of Women Voters, etc., etc. etc. of being part of the vast omni-directional conspiracy.

17. Having completed the above, you look at your calendar and notice the year is 1776.
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