ah... i was talking to my co-worker today, the one who didn't know the order of the months of the year. he wanted to know the differences between republicans and democrats, which parties bush and clinton belong to, if communists get arrested in the united states, what communism is, if there are any female senators (may i remind you that he and i live in california; our senators are dianne feinstein and barbara boxer), if there are any black senators, "where in the u.s. the united kingdom's embassy is", and much more. i like answering these questions, because i like that he wants to know, finally, seeing as he obviously paid no attention whatsoever in school. but how does someone get to be 20 years old and be a conscious human being in general, without knowing any of that?