As if I needed another reason to feel old....

Beloit College has released its annual "mindset list" for this years college fressman class.

Some highlights:

1. Andy Warhol, Liberace, Jackie Gleason, and Lee Marvin have always been dead.
2. They don't remember when "cut and paste" involved scissors.
3. Heart-lung transplants have always been possible.
4. Wayne Gretzky never played for Edmonton.
5. Boston has been working on "The Big Dig" all their lives.
6. With little need to practice, most of them do not know how to tie a tie.
7. Pay-Per-View television has always been an option.

10. They are more familiar with Greg Gumbel than with Bryant Gumbel.

16. Voice mail has always been available.
17. "Whatever" is not part of a question but an expression of sullen rebuke.
18. The federal budget has always been more than a trillion dollars.
19. Condoms have always been advertised on television.

22. For daily caffeine emergencies, Starbucks has always been around the corner.

24. Money put in their savings account the year they were born earned almost 7% interest.
25. Bill Gates has always been worth at least a billion dollars.

29. The Starship Enterprise has always looked dated.
30. Pixar has always existed.

32. Judicial appointments routinely have been "Borked."

36. It has always been possible to walk from England to mainland Europe on dry land.

39. American Motors has never existed.

41. Les Miserables has always been on stage.

49. Libraries have always been the best centers for computer technology and access to good software.

54. They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly.
55. The TV networks have always had cable partners.

57. Black Americans have always been known as African-Americans.
58. They never saw Pat Sajak or Arsenio Hall host a late night television show.

62. Tom Landry never coached the Cowboys.

64. CNBC has always been on the air.

70. Jimmy Carter has always been an elder statesman.
71. Miss Piggy and Kermit have always dwelt in Disneyland.

75. They have always been challenged to distinguish between news and entertainment on cable TV.