Another Patrick for cryin' out loud!

Who am I... well, I was born in Homestead, Florida, James Archer Smith Hospital, 12:15 am, ..he world was still largely in black and white back then; color had been around for a couple of decades, (mostly in Life and National Geographic magazines), but the real world still had not been colorized. Everything looked grey, just like it does in the old Andy Griffith episodes. Then, with the advent of psychadelic drugs, (invented by The Beatles in 1966), the world began a slow and colorful metamorphasis: The whole world shifted to a new paradigm in human existence. No longer did the world remind one of that old, sepia tinted world of Andy of Mayberry. It was now a world fully colorized, (more like an episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.) This of course was an indication of two important underlying foundational and global changes: 1. The Baby Boomers were begining to throw off the fetters of their parents generation, ( formerly known as "logic" and "work",) , and 2. Ron Howard was just getting too darned old to play Opie anymore. Besides, in 20 years he was going to have to compete with guys like Rob Reiner for directorial gigs, so distancing one's self from names like "Opie" was generaly a good idea for anyone in his same circumstances in that era. As the 1960's drew to a close, things were bound to change even more. For one, we had already used the numbers 1960 - 1969, and we needed a new set of numbers if we were going to continue on. This created a huge rift within our society. Half of us wanted to stay there in the 60's indefinitely, the other half wanted to move on - something about disco and a few more episodes of Gomer Pyle. Anyway, an agreement was finally reached, midnight December 31, 1969. Everyone agreed that we would use the numbers 1970 - 1979 to refer to the next 10 years. I still remember the feeling of relief that we all felt, knowing that we would not have to go to war with Canada over the whole "number" thing after all. Besides, a war between the U.S. and Canada would have been counter productive, because that's where all of our draft-dodgers were living. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon further demonstrated our resolve to achieve world domination... er, I mean peace, by making two almost un-believable gestures of Kindness: 1. He agreed to stop trying to identify with the nations youth by flashing the peace sign, and 2. he granted amnesty to all of our draft dodgers. This was extremely important, because many of these so-called draft dodgers were needed to fill the future ranks of politicians, from the City and State level, all the way to the Federal level. Nothing worth talking about happened in the 80's, other than the release of the film,"This is Spinal Tap", directed by Rob Reiner. In the 90's, Vanilla Ice had a big hit with,"Ice Ice Baby", and Courtney Love changed the face of Rock music forever. And, here we are. Black Eyed Peas anyone?