Feeling Old

Some things make you feel really, REALLY old. My niece (actually George's niece) just fixed the TV in the sitting room.

It went out about 6 months ago, and since the other two TV's in the house were still working, it didn't really bother us that much.

But Chris and her husband Pete are visiting, and tonite there are 3 different programs on at the same time, etc...

So Chris calls Direct TV, explains she is visiting her uncle, and the one TV isn't working, and with the help of tech support, gets it all back up and running. She makes a snide comment about "old people" not being good at fixing modern TVs.

CHRIS IS FIVE YEARS OLDER THAN I AM!!!!!!!!!!!!! I swatted her butt after that.

We do have these little jokes. Her daughter (George's Great-niece) is my 'pseudo-kid' While in college, she came out and lived with us in CA for a year. She's now in her 30's, and a rising star in financial planning circles.

But yes, I do refer to myself as a 'technological troglodyte' I don't text or twitter, I am on facebook but seldom update, I don't own an i-pod, or a blackberry. I use my cell phone rarely. If I had not have had exposure and training at work, I probably would not have much use for a computer.

My justification is that as long as only George and I were here, and two TVs worked, we had no need for the third.

However, since it is in the sitting room by the fireplace, and Direct TV does have soft-core porn after 9pm, I may be VERY, VERY grateful to my 'little niece' for getting it fixed.

The power of prayer

If devout Christians are praying that the hearts and minds of Islamic extremists be turned toward peace, and the devout Islamic extremists are praying that the infidels convert, who's listening?



Maybe the real solution to the war on terror is for all of the devout Christians in this country to convert to Islam. After all, it is the same God, the religious source texts are the same. Why not? What would the Mullahs do if America became an islamic country?



Perhaps we could follow the islam of Indonesia. From here, it seems a little less repressive. Come on, Rick Warren, don't you want to promote world peace?