1997: Titanic was in theaters, Hale-bop comet was kissing our atmosphere and driving people mad, Princess Diana and Allen Ginsbergdied, Ellen DeGeneres came out, and postage cost 32 cents. Even having lived through 1997 as a mostly conscious being it's difficult to imagine what it was. We are human, we move on, and up and out. However, reflection and memory are useful, especially when it comes to the internet (on which we move on/up/out/down/around and back again fast as the connection allows). So, for those of you who would like a trip down memory lane, or don't recall too much about 1997 because you were ten, listen to This American Life #66. Ira Glass does a weekly show that examines a wide variety of topics in America(very rich for classroom use, and great examples of fantastic composition), and this episode was recently replayed. This was a nice reality check for me that the net as we know it was not always the net as we know it.