What Did Monroe Do Before the Internet?

People are supposed to be able to speak openly about their ideas, even have debates, but still get along. Look at what has happened to Monroe, the state of Connecticut and the entire United States of America over the past 20 years.  Instead of speaking with a person one on one, what do people do today? They post "blogs".

Let's diagnose the word "blog". When I was a child, there were re-runs of a horror movie that came out in 1958 called "The Blob" that ran once a month on channel 9 or channel 11 (cable TV didn't exist then). Now I know that blob and blog are two different words, but they do sound and look the same. Then we have the word fog. What is fog? Fog is basically water hovering just over the ground and you cannot see through it. If you combine blob with fog, then you get blog.

Now you see just how computer illiterate I truly am. When someone asks me to attach something to an e-mail, I have to ask directions on how to do it. I am a computer idiot — and I know it. What is odd is that when I was young, I was a computer whiz. Today I know nothing about computers.

Windows is impossible for me to understand. They change it every year. How am I supposed to learn something that the makers change while I'm learning about it?  That just doesn't make any sense to me. Unlike for the past 20 years, computers weren't in every home when I was a kid. The only laptop I knew about was my father's — when I would sit on it during power outages in front of the fireplace.

Back to blogs. This is a blog. People don't sit together and speak. No one can physically write script. Politeness has gone out the window ever since anonymous posting started. All I want is for everyone to start over again.

I wonder if you folks remember this. It was almost exactly 10 years ago. Instead of posting on the Internet, what did the people of Monroe do? We met at Firemans' Field for three straight nights. We held candles, sang songs and held vigils. Why can't we make Monroe close like that again? Don't you want to even try? If you do, then let's get cracking.