WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED BLOG?

So, you know I'm old. Even if you don't know me, you can tell by the photo above that I have no hair. Not that all people without hair are old, but my eyebrows don't look like those of a young man, do they? Trust me, I'm old. When I was 20, I knew some people who were retiring at the age of 65 and I thought they had to retire because they were ready to die. Now that I'm 61, I no longer feel that way. I'm afraid to retire, though, because, just in case I was right when I was 20, I'm just not ready to die.

I want to live!! I want to experience new things. I want to keep working. I want to have more children. Wait. Sorry. I got carried away. More grandchildren? Yes. More of my own children? No! I want to live and I want to be a 21st Century Man. I don't want to be one of those old guys who's always saying, "We didn't do things that way when I was a youngster." Or, "Why do I need the Internet when I've got a perfectly good Philco 90 Cathedral-style AM radio?"

Anyway, I want to keep up with the times, which isn't always easy. I heard about these new High Definition Televisions, so I went to Costco and found a really nice Toshiba HD TV and HD DVD player. I couldn't believe how cheap they were. I brought them home and set them up. Well, I had my 28 year old son set them up. (I'm not ready to do all things modern by myself. I'm doing it one step at a time.)

The next day (not a year later, not a month later, but the very next day), I read an article on the Internet (see, I am a modern guy) explaining that HD was going away and Blu-ray was the thing of the future. My brand new, just installed, HD was going bye-bye and Blu-ray was in. So much for one of my first forays into the high-tech lifestyle. Next time I'll have to do some reasearch on the Internet. Keeping up with the times won't be easy, but I'm still going to give it a try...Blu-ray be damned!!

So, I've been hearing about blogs. My daughter Jenna has a blog, but when she talked to her Mother about her blog, I thought it was a woman-thing and I tuned them out. Then I heard some guys talking about their blogs, so I learned that blogs were something that both women and men could have. After I discovered that I didn't have a blog, I asked Jenna to help me get one. She set me up on this thing.

This is my first blog and I have to admit, I feel kind of naked ("nekkid" if you're from Utah), but I'm going to do this anyway. I've had an exciting and fun life, up to this point, and I'll continue to have more exciting and fun experiences until I die. I'd like to share my life with you. Please feel free to drop in anytime and read about me, my family, my interests, and my mastery of all things high-tech and my foibles, as well.