[25 y=
ears ago (January 2001), I posted what it will be like in the future in Cal=
ifornia. These were funny jokes about the future. Now? Many are true.]=
**You make over $300,0=
00 and still can’t afford a house.
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**You ride a bus and are shocked at two =
people carrying on a conversation in English.
**Your child’s 3rd-grade teac=
her has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named
Breeze.
**Your coworker has 8 body piercings, and none are visible.
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**You can’t remember…is pot illegal?
**You have a very strong opinion abo=
ut where your coffee beans are grown and
can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.=
**A really great =
parking space can totally move you to tears.
**Gas costs $2.00 per gallon =
more than anywhere else in the U.S.
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**Your car insurance costs as much as y=
our house payment.
**You pass an elementary school playground, and the chil=
dren are all busy with their cell phones.
**It’s barely raining outside, so=
you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accident=
s.
**Rather than listen to stories from your co-workers at the water cool=
er, you find yourself anxiously waiting for the daily Grif.Net and realize =
there are people with even "less" of a life than you have!=
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~~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.=
net
“It is not enough to stare up the steps;
we must step up the =
stairs “=