I irritate my entire family by watching the SciFi channel. They want to know what the appeal is. I really don’t know. I could use the reason that I am trying to glimpse into the future.
It is hard for me to think about the future on a grand scale. I know some people who plan out every move. They have a plan for tomorrow, a plan for next week, for next quarter, next year, the next five years and the next ten. Wow, I wish I could do that. Or at least I wished I cared. That is something I will work on… in the future.
Natalie was telling me about the classes that she was taking at school this year. She went through the normal math and science and then she told me that she was taking keyboard. That’s when I looked like the clueless parent. And I pride myself on being… you know... cool. I told her that I was glad that she was taking an interest in music. Well, that’s when I got the look… the same look I used to give my mother. I’m sure you know the look. She the explained that it was the keyboard on a computer…” you know dad… computer class… duh!”
When I was in grade school, I begged mom to please take me to Radio Shack and buy me a pocket calculator. It was the newest thing out. She told me that she had a “adding machine” at the office that I could use if I wanted to. She got the look… the same look Natalie gave me.
I remember when the fax machine came out and it became part of the essential office equipment package. How in the world did we ever get along without a fax machine? And then the plain paper fax came out and you didn’t have to fiddle with those aggravating rolls of paper any longer.
Well it goes on and on until we end up here on the Information Super Highway with email and all of the wonderful things that come along with the related technology. I used to wish that I could see into the future and buy stocks in the technology field… just before they went big. Now I am glad when something I think I must have goes down to a reasonable price. Just like the cool calculator.
Shannon R Killman
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