Welcome to the 21st Century

I hear that blogging has been all the rage for the past...hell, decade or so. But, I always thought it was something that those youngins do. Texting (which I am too frugal to add to my 1996 cell phone plan), tweeting (just found out it had nothing to do with Tweetie Bird) and Facebooking (yes, I made it into a verb: Facebook: to send someone a message) - all of these are products of the XYZ generation. All of these are an attempt to keep everyone in the know in this fast-paced society.
Well, I haven't quite gotten texting down - I am able to reply with a yes or no with no punctuation. I have a Twitter account but it's too much work for me - although I am a follower of Ed Burns who has not posted anything since 2007 (I didn't even know Twitter existed then). But, I DO Facebook (note the verb tense again). I have gotten pretty good about posting pictures and updating my status, but I assure you it's just so the hundreds of friends I have (I really only know 5 of them) can be kept abreast of my daily antics.
Not that I abuse the status bar. Nothing is more annoying than getting 50 updates a day from one of your friends (someone you barely even know) about how their little cousin Joe Joe is growing so fast - as of 11a.m. he made his first big boy poo poo.
Okay, there are more annoying things, but a part of me wants to jump through these people's computers and reintroduce them to their family, their friends (if they have any)...to civilization. Another part of me wants to say, hey, if you're going to spend that much time on the computer, the least you can do is visit my blog.
The point of this blog is to show people that I am slowly, but surely entering the 21st century. And while I can't imagine a world where nobody picks up the phone or sends the ocassional card via snail mail, I'm glad technology has advanced. No more computers that take up half of your office. No more 10 pound cell phones that were one step above walkie talkies. Sure, it's 10 years late, but I'm glad I've entered the 21st century. And as the saying goes...it's tough to teach an old dog new tricks.
But the typewriter stays...