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I don’t have an IPOD yet.  I know, I know. What’s wrong with me?  Why am I so backward?  I‘ve already bought them for the kids.  My wife hasn’t wanted one.  She gets nervous with the TV remote control and ATM cards. At least half the people on the commuter train have little earphones plugged into their heads every morning. I have a set of Bose noise-cancelling headphones for those long trips in the Friendly Skies.  But, good God, I don’t have an IPOD.  In fact, now that I’m in a confession mode, I don’t have an IPhone yet either.  Slap me silly.  What the heck was I thinking when I bought that Motorola phone a couple years back.  I’ve hardly used the built-in camera (except to take photos of the saxophone ladies in the short skirts at that Océ dinner several years ago in Munich), much less use the phone to email the few images I do have stored.  It’s too difficult programming all those email addresses into the phone.  Jesus Lord, I haven’t even got all my contacts into my address book in Entourage yet.  And oh my gawd, who has the time to keep going through their email “inbox” and “sent items” folder to delete those thousands of emails taking up digital space?  And what the heck do I do with all those invitations for LinkedIn, Plexo, reunion.com, Facebook, etc.?  Once I’m listed and linked, what’s next? How do I load my photo into those networks and who would want to see my old mug anyway?  I never seem to have the right kind of file they need for uploading. Ya know, I only think I know what an MP3 player is.  I think it’s just like an IPOD which I already mentioned I don’t have.  And TIVO, oh momma, I just figured out how to get the timer on the VCR to work in order to tape The Office when I’m out of town.  Yes, I admit to still having a VCR.  And even a VCR tape collection. I’m guilty, so slay me already.  I think I even have some old 8-track tapes somewhere.  But don’t tell my wife as she’ll want me to get rid of them.  And what have the rest of you done with all those cassette tapes you complied over the years?  I do admit to having music CDs.  Boy it’s cool being close to the bleeding edge!  It’s just that after investing lots of hard earned dollars for great sound systems, I realize my players can only hold and play one CD at a time.  Then there’s all this DVD stuff.  They look like CDs to me.  And how about those crazy little thumb drives?  Man oh man, if I could just figure out where they plug in to my laptop I’d be a real geek.  And would someone please explain gigabyte and Kilobyte and all those file size jargon terms?  What’s the deal with digital cameras and printing your own photos on the printer in your family room?  What’s a Kodak guy to do?  Courageously, I booked a hotel in Zurich, Switzerland recently thorough an online service bureau and it actually turned out to be a nice place at a nice price.  I hardly ever pay bills online, but I’ve been a direct deposit advocate for many years. I use MapQuest regularly, but haven’t driven my new car anywhere recently where I didn’t know where I was going so I could use the built-in GPS.  My new car’s sound system holds 4 gigabytes of music.  I’ve spent 6 hours recording my favorite music (CDs) into the system and I’m not even at 1 gigabyte yet.  I bought a flat screen TV, but not the kind that hangs on the wall.  Saw that commercial where the TV kept falling off the wall too many times.  Even paid extra for digital through the cable company. We’re all set for when the big switchover from analog to digital takes place next year.  Like I said, living close to the bleeding edge is exciting!!  My doctor wants to replace my worn out knees with titanium replacements. I wonder if I’ll set off the alarms in the airport security lines?

You know, I’m not really sure I want an IPOD anyhow.