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In a recent Dilbert Blog entry, Scott Adams writes:

Now for an exciting round of what I call “too frickin’ cool.” The way this is played is that you describe some technology that is so futuristic, so Star Trekish, you can hardly believe that you are using it. When you are done describing this technology, you must be so impressed with your own story that you pause and punctuate it be saying, “Too frickin’ cool.” Optionally, you can add a “dude” or a “seriously” to further elaborate your point.

I actually know a person or two who talks like that. But that’s not really the point of this post. Scott goes on to say:

Yesterday I signed up for Google’s free service, Google Alerts. It sends me an e-mail any time my keywords newly appear on the Internet. My keywords are “Scott Adams Dilbert.” Now, I usually have my Blackberry 8700 in my pocket. So check this out…

Any time that 11-year old Vijay sits at his Dad’s computer in Lucknow, India, and blogs about his favorite Dilbert comic, Google finds it, and sends that link directly to my left front pocket. I reach in, pull out the Blackberry, click the link, and Vijay’s blog opens. I read it, just to see what little Vijay thinks of me today. In India. Minutes ago.

So the entire point of this post is to try to get Scott Adams himself to read this blog entry. How will I know if he does? I probably won’t. . . but I will know that it’s a distinct possibility and that’s too frickin’ cool (dude)!

Now any self-respecting geek loser with a blog (like me) is naturally going to read this and try to set off a reaction in Scott Adams’ left front pocket. I hope he hasn’t gotten tired of those notifications by now and therefore shut them off.

Scott: Dilbert rocks, you’re hilarious. By the way, the moon hasn’t crashed into the Earth yet, so I guess it was just refraction after all. Say “hi” to your wife for me.