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Sept. 25, 2004 I bought my first computer in 1999. I had lived fifty-three years without one. I made it through high school without one. I made it through college with a word processor (you remember those don’t you?). Actually I started college with a typewriter and that was only ten years ago. Can you imagine, a typewriter? When I was in high school we only had three electric typewriters in our classroom; the rest were the old manually operated ones. Geez, how did we survive? Interesting thing though, most of my classmates were literate. Hard to believe, huh? Today, we can’t survive without a spellchecker and a laptop with Windows XP. If our computers breakdown for some reason, we act as though we just went through a hurricane with no insurance. Are we more advanced intellectually because of computers? I don’t think so. If I read correctly SAT scores have gotten lower over the past twenty years. Computers haven’t helped us get smarter. I think they’ve helped us find more porno than we could possibly have ever hoped for. Man, when I was a kid if I had the opportunity to hit as many porno sites that are available today, I would never had left home. My mother would have had to pry me out of the computer desk chair. We actually had to go outside and play when I was young. My mother chased us out of the house on Saturday morning at 9:00 A.M. and wouldn’t let us come back in until lunchtime. We were then booted out after lunch and were not allowed in until dinner. After dinner we were cautioned to stay around the house (meaning around the outside of the house). At 900 P.M. we had to come inside, take our bath, and go to bed (we might have been given some freshly made popcorn if we were lucky). I think that’s how my little brother was created. We were outside while mom and dad were…well…hmm. You know what I mean.
Don’t get me wrong. I love my
computer. My wife and I both have one. She
checks Ebay and I write useless information for
Useless Knowledge. I have a computer at work
and I would be lost without it. I just haven’t
given in to the laptop yet. Maybe when I retire
and head for a long vacation I might buy one. I
don’t know, can’t decide. Do I want to be in
contact with the eworld when I’m basking in the
sun at Jamaica? I do a bunch of writing. I
might be lost without my window to the world.
Wow! Imagine, actually shopping in stores and
spending “real” cash. That’s a tough call.
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