Do you remember where you were when Bell Atlantic changed its name to Verizon? It was one of those watershed moments in American history, like when the yellow ribbon was invented during the first Persian Gulf War, or the day Michael Dukakis declared his candidacy for the 1988 Democratic nomination. People just know where they were when these things happened.

Do you know where you were when Bootie Checkler uttered "meow" for the first time, or when Ed McMahon first told Johnny Carson, "You are correct sir?" Think about these things.

In other news, my cousin/roommate Matthew Atwan and I have invented a new term for "taping" a television program with our Tivo-style DVR recorder. We did not want to use the already coined verb, "Tivo," so we decided on "Whiskey Rebellion." Okay, let us now use our new (but old) phrase in a sentence: "Matt, can you please perform the Whiskey Rebellion on Quincy, M.E. tonight?" The translation: "Matt, can you please tape Quincy, M.E. tonight?" We think it is going to stick, kind of like Matt and his college friends' use of the word "jaj" in place of "vagina."