submitted by Bernie Molloy

Remember When...

A computer was something on TV

from a science fiction show of note

a window was something you hated to clean...

And ram was the cousin of a goat....

Meg was the name of my girlfriend

and gig was a job for the nights

now they all mean different things

and that really mega bytes

An application was for employment

a program was a TV show

a cursor used profanity

a keyboard was a piano

Memory was something that you lost with age

a cd was a bank account

and if you had a 3 1/2" floppy

you hoped nobody found out

Compress was something you did to the garbage

not something you did to a file

and if you unzipped anything in public

you'd be in jail for a while

Log on was adding wood to the fire

hard drive was a long trip on the road

a mouse pad was where a mouse lived

and a backup happened to your commode

Cut you did with a pocket knife

paste you did with glue

a web was a spider's home

and a virus was the flu

I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper

and the memory in my head

I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash

but when it happens they wish they were dead

Risks

Think About This

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,

To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.

To reach out to another is to risk involvement,

To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.

To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to

risk their loss.

To love is to risk not being loved in return,

To live is to risk dying,

To hope is to risk despair,

To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in

life is to risk nothing.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has

nothing, is nothing.

He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn,

feel, change, grow or live.

Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited

all freedom.

Only a person who risks is free.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist

expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails.

By William Arthur Ward