I’ve been remembering an event years ago when a very gregarious member of the church came up to me and vigorously shook my hand. He asked me how I was. I decided to try an experiment and said, “I feel terrible.” He continued to vigorously shake my hand, and very cheerfully said, “good, good!” He continued shaking my hand as if everything was wonderful. It illustrates that people aren’t always interested when they ask you something and that they sometimes neither expect or listen for an honest answer.
About Me
- George Richards Cannon
- My early postings were intended to be in sequence, starting with “Why This Blog” posted on December 3, 2011. After reading this profile, you might want to start your reading with those early entries. I am a 93 year old husband, dad, grandpa and great grandpa. I've seen a lot of changes in the world. When I was young, vegetables were still delivered by horse and wagon. As a radio operator during World War II, I communicated via morse code. Now I use my voice-activated cell phone to stay in touch. My career as a university professor of computer science spanned the time when a single computer took up several rooms of in a computer center and was less powerful than today's $2 calculators to the present time where computers are an ever-present part of our daily life. I am now legally blind, but even there technology has come to the rescue. My computer monitor is a big flat screen T.V. with large print magnification. I type by touch with very limited ability to see and edit what I write, so either someone else will have to edit my writing or you will have to endure all the typos. I look forward to sharing my thoughts, perspectives, and memories on life.
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