Barney's Rubble  The 'Net Doesn't Know Everything!  Some answers
are much more than a few mouse clicks away.  I like to bet, not
exactly Las Vegas high-roller style, but little wagers that
prove I'm smarter than the person I'm betting against. I've
learned two things. Google can settle a bet tout de suite, and
when I bet against my best girl, I always lose (at least I can
tell myself I planned to buy her dinner anyway).  As a parent I
get asked a lot of questions, and when I don't know the answer
(which is pretty much always) I go straight to Google, or maybe
Wikipedia. The most obscure answers are always two or three
clicks away.  I'm not one to criticize today's youth,
complaining about video games and TV rotting their brains, with
no sense of literature and art -- that old chestnut. These new
forms of media make today's youth smarter, and most of 'em work
way harder than I did back in school.  The Internet gives
instant gratification for all our curious youth's questions. The
only problem (for young and ol