Happy Birthday World Wide Web!

Monday, November 13th marked the 16th birthday of the World Wide Web. Sweet 16....I wonder if she is driving yet? ; ) Anyways, it got me to thinking about the internet, and how it already seems like it has always been.

For me, I didn't even start using it until the end of grad school (mid 90's). And even then it was just Usenet groups, not real web pages. Then it just happened.....I was using the web. I honestly can't remember when I STARTED, I just remember using it. Very odd not recollecting when it began. But now it is a part of my life, as much as my right hand is to my body.

=> SIDETRACK<= If I could, I would wire a computer into my head so I could read emails, surf the web, and keep my calendar. I am sure I'd do more, but you get the idea. The idea of having a screen readout in my vision or 'mind's eye' Über cool (Nice use of Über, huh? I even got the umlaut in there. Yes, that is what it is called, I even checked with our World Language department, so there!) And to even FURTHER sidetrack this blog, go read the novel FEED by M.T. Anderson. It is about what happens to teens when they DO have a computer in their head. You think they get distracted now? Check out this book. I loved it. The Audiobook is even better, so go out and get it!

=> OK Back to the Bog <=

OK, so the WWW is 16.

I made a comment to the staff yesterday that she is only 16, I wonder what she will grow up to be when she is 30. The web is such a remarkable, beautiful, and still evolving beast. I don' think we can even imagine what it will be like in 15 years, let alone two!

So let's give three cheers to the World Wide Web and wish her a happy birthday!

Saturdays and the Adult Male

I am making a cardinal sin by starting ANYTHING before my first cup of coffee, so please forgive me if I seem a bit less coherent this morning. You have been warned.

OK, so it is Saturday morning, the kids are up (and happy...always good), and I am writing. Now, what I SHOULD be writing is the bible for my Keys novel. Yes, I am quite well aware that you do not know what that is, but bare with me...OK? Thanks.

So as I was saying, it's morning...wait. Coffee is done, be right back. Ok, sorry for that. Oh yeah...that IS better.

Now back to our story.

Saturdays.........As a kid, they were SATURDAY! The day when there was no school, no homework (or at least not yet for us procrastinators), almost no responsibilities, and the day were you were free. As a young adult, this mostly held true. Then adulthood had to sneak up on me. Now don't get me wrong, being grown up and a dad is fabulous. But there is still a part of me that is the kid who is longing to run free on Saturdays.

Which is where the dilemma arises. Now Saturdays are for family and the work that didn't get done during the week. That sense of freedom is gone, replaced with obligations and responsibilities. In order to HAVE fun, there needs to be nothing to be done, wife and kids occupied on their own, and TIME.

Did I mention that the planets need to be aligned in order for that to happen?

So alas, here I am WITH free time and what do I do? Write in my blog..which brings me back to the Keys novel. That is what I really should be doing. As an aspiring writer, I have this great idea (don't we all) for a Young Adult series..it's just that I can't get it out of the ether. It's there...ready to be written, but I can't find the time to write. Args...

Anyways....the natives are restless, my cup runeth empty, and frankly so is my tummy. I foresee pancakes on the horizon.

Until next time.

PS: I think I am finally due some free time in 2438.