Some things about technology aren’t so good for us… here in modern society.

But that is for another conversation.

Tonight, I would like to consider a thing or two which are fabulous.  Technology has brought us instantaneous knowledge, if we care to seek it.  Yes.  Internet University.  IU.  I love it here.

The answer to virtually any question…. lies right beneath these keys at my fingertips.

How many ounces in a long ton?  Uhhhhnnnn….. 35,840 ounces.  Of course, there are 32,000 in a short ton.

When was the CIA founded?  Quietly & discretely …. it was September 18, 1947.

Who invented the first toilet?  Not Thomas Crapper, as most think.  Nope.  You see….  Sir John Harington beat Crapper to the punch nearly 300 years earlier with his revolutionary water closet design in 1596.

This is priceless information, I’ll tell you!

Here’s the thing though.  Sometimes, it knocks your socks off.  Several of my childhood familiarities have recently come to light.

I did not play with Barbies.  No.  But I had friends who did.  Little did I know, Barbie’s real name is  Barbara Millicent Roberts.  Get this.  Ken’s last name is Carson.  Barbie Millicent?  Yikes.

Now, I never really got to eat cereal as a kid.  The only times I really had it was at friends’ houses.  When I did get it… my favorite was Cap’n’Crunch.  And how about the Captain’s real name?  Horatio Magellan Crunch.  Yep.

Gilligan’s Island was my go-to show.  One of them, at least.  I never heard The Skipper’s name before tonight.  Jonas Grumby.  I guess that would have been Captain Grumby in the proper form.   Not such a great name for a cereal.

Since we are on names.  My later childhood days found favor with the cartoon…. Scooby-Doo.  Old  Shaggy, the scruffy pal of Scoob….. had a fine and fancy name.   Norville Rogers.  He was also one of the early supporters for the legalization of marijuana, I betcha’.  Scooby Snacks, after all.

So what’s my point?    Only that I like this.  I like to seek and find.  To dig and discover.   To know what I did not know before.

I think it is a good thing…. to see what I can see…..

Right after I get my eyes checked.    Because…..  the eye chart with the big “E” on top is called a Snellen Chart.

I want to be a good pupil, after all.