The other night, I was tired and intended to watch a tivo'd show and fall asleep early. However, when I flipped on the TV, I found my husband had left it on VH1, a ridiculously vapid and addictive channel. It seems like it used to show music videos, as did MTV, which came out just when I turned into a full-fledged teen. But now, instead, it has shows that luckily explain popular culture references to me that I totally miss (now that I am allegedly so friggin' old ) despite considering myself pretty frivolous and tuned into popular culture (which is clearly a very flawed belief). So, VHI was showing something called " WebJunk presents 40 Greatest Internet Superstars. " Of course I had to watch...in case I knew anyone (which, actually, I didn't---not that I expected to, but I had hoped to have heard of some, at least). I felt drowsy with about the top ten left so quickly hit the little red record button and finished up watching the show later (much later, like now,...