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02/27/2007: "First Darwin Award Nominee of 2007"

Being a student of the human condition, particularly its stupider elements, I'm a big fan of the Darwin Awards. Periodically, I'll share with you someone I feel is a worthy nominee. Here's the first:

A man who authorities say appeared to be driving while using his laptop computer died Monday when his car crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a Hummer.

California Highway Patrol officers found the victim's computer still running and plugged into the cigarette lighter of his 1991 Honda Accord.

The 28-year-old victim was a computer tutor in Chico, Calif. The Sutter County coroner's office was withholding his identity until his family could be notified.

"The screen itself shattered from the impact, so we can't be sure if he was working on it or not, but we think from the way it was found that he might have been working," said Sgt. John Pettigrew, a CHP spokesman. "It's a straight road right there, and it doesn't look like he fell asleep or anything else."

And you thought it was tough to pat your head and rub your tummy ...