Ha, I love looking back and seeing what predictions were made for how life would be "in the future."

Quoted: It's almost 2010. Do you live on the moon? Is a robot shoveling your snow?

Happy new year! Celebrate safely...

Quoted: Jan. 1 is the deadliest day of the year for pedestrians in the U.S., consistently averaging the highest number of walkers involved in motor vehicle crashes and a greater proportion of victims who are legally intoxicated.

The more I read, the more I believe that our overuse of antibiotics has caused us so many health problems in the long run...

Quoted: Norway's public health system fought back with an aggressive program that made it the most infection-free country in the world. A key part of that program was cutting back severely on the use of antibiotics.

Whoa, this is pretty crazy!

Quoted: In our absurdly terrorism-fearing World, and after Christmas's near tragedy, it was inevitable: Full-body scanning tech will be coming to an airport near (or not so near) you. But what are these machines, and will they invade your privacy?

Dude, The Baby-Sitters Club books were hands down my favorite thing to read when I was a kid. I'm totally going to read this prequel!

Quoted: Scholastic Inc. plans to reissue repackaged versions of the first two volumes of “The Baby-Sitters Club,” in the hopes of igniting enthusiasm in a new generation of readers.

Ha, now I know where the expression "once in a blue moon" comes from...

Quoted: Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon — that is, the second full moon in a month. Some might even see a partial lunar eclipse.

Aw, sad...

Quoted: Tavern on the Green, once America's highest-grossing restaurant, is singing its culinary swan song. The famed Central Park landmark serves its last meal New Year's Eve.

So crazy!

Quoted: Mike Hermanstorfer was clutching his pregnant wife’s hand when her life slipped away in a Colorado hospital on Christmas Eve, and then he cradled his newborn son’s limp body seconds after a medical team delivered the baby by Cesarean section.

Very cool!

Quoted: Here is my mutinous list of the top 20 most influential South Asian American Women of the Decade (in alphabetical order). Please vote on the woman that you feel has been most influential to you in the poll at the bottom of the post.