I'm pretty sure that I'm starting to show my age. I'm not talking about physical characteristics, either. I mean, there are plenty of such things to talk about, like how I suddenly can't see extremely small print in the darkness of a car on an unlit street while my daughter has read entire novels that way. Soon, I imagine, I'll be one of those people that can't figure out whether to look at something through, over, or under their glasses.
I'm not talking about music, either. Although, just due to time, my musical knowledge is somewhat narrower than it should be, I can still appreciate most real new music. (Much of the radio-fodder, I can live without!). As I write this, I'm not sure what music I have listed on the left column, so it might just happen to be a stack of "classic" CDs I had on my desk the last time I actually updated the list. But, I'm positive that at least half of the CDs are not in regular rotation, anywhere! In any case, I am totally not stuck with the music that was popular when I was in high school! New release Tuesday is still my favorite day of the week...though I generally don't get around to it until Thursday.
Also, before anyone asks, I can most certainly set the time on my VCR.
Here are a couple of modern marvels I just don't get.
1) Caplets vs. Tablets. Seriously, what exactly is the difference here? I can understand the possible difference with capsules - in theory, the outside dissolves quickly leaving gobs of the real medicine to dissolve directly into your bloodstream. But, what is with caplets and tablets? Isn't one just round and the other oblong? Why don't they just go ahead an make them in the shape of the Flintstones? Oh, wait, they can't do that because then the toddlers would want the pain relievers, and as we know, only toddlers can easily open the average child-proof cap. I think every drug company is coming up with a bigger varieties of SHAPES, just so that when you walk into the store, their brand takes up more shelf space.
2) Twitter. OK, blogging I get. I mean, I have one going pretty good here. Of course, I started this in part because I was starting to feel a little guilty for leaving such long comments on Dana's blog. Oh, and please click on her link A LOT, because it turns out she is like the blogging goddess in St. Louis, and maybe she'll notice you came from here and grant me three wishes! Or, maybe that would make her the blogging fairy or blogging genie. Whatever. I figured I was clearly looking for some kind of public validation, which is kind of weird for a card-carrying introvert, so here we are! The problem I have with twitter is I can't figure out why I'd want to publicize my movements and current activities. Of course, if you read this post (click for the link), you'll find that I essentially have twitter-like conversations using email with a very localized audience...at work. Maybe I am starting to get twitter.
3) Texting. OK, I barely get why my cell-phone has to have a camera that takes pictures that look like everything is underwater, much less why I have to be able to send messages just using the 0, and 1-9 buttons! Typing is hard enough on a QWERTY keyboard, much less on a phone dial. (For you youngsters, the numbers on phones used to actually be a dial. It was slow. And really cool. Before that, there were cranks - though I'm not sure how that worked, exactly. Sometimes, you'd even pick up your phone and a stranger would already be talking on it. It was called a "party line", though it was rarely an actual party before you get too excited. There are many cases where rude "parties" would not give up the line for a true emergency. Now we all have 2 or 3 phone numbers. Plus email. See how spoiled we are?
4) Facebook. I'm really just putting this in because my wife is in the other room working on her facebook page that her students in choir convinced her to make. She's addicted. I don't know anything about it, but she is afraid I'm going to make fun of her on "One Dad's Life", which I could, and perhaps should, but I won't. Besides, she's cute. I want her to like me. If I give you a note that says I like her, will you pass it on to her?
5) Typepad spell-check. Real quick last second add. I don't get why Typepad's spell check doesn't recognize the word "blogger." Seems weird, doesn't it? (for non-bloggers, Typepad is a hosted blogging platform...and where "One Dad's Life" is hosted - which may not be obvious now, since I have my own super-cool domain name!)
I could go on, but I think this is enough for you to digest at one sitting. There can always be a part 2, right? Also, this is the part where you can leave excessively long comments with your view. Consider it payback time for all the long "comments" I've left on other local blogger's sites.
