After his retirement, my father took a basic computer course at the local community college. On the first day the instructor joked that he was sure everyone knew how to turn on a computer. My father raised his hand. He did not know how to turn on the computer.
He can’t type with more than one finger. He didn’t know how to operate a computer until in his 60s. He regularly asks me how to add attachments in email.
But tonight I was a silent witness to my father reading Wonkette, Power Line and LGF. I nearly shat myself.
You did politely point out those blogs are tools of the Devil, right?
No, I had already lectured him on how Bill “Falafel” O’Reilly is a tool of the devil and didn’t want to push my luck directly after he gave me a thoughtful birthday present. A very fine line was walked tonight. ;)
Also, that’s exactly why I didn’t link any of them. *shudder*
What’s wrong with Wonkette? Sure, it’s fluff, but Ana Marie Cox is a liberal, and so it’ll help counter the PowerLine and LGF poisons.
Wonkette, Power Line, and Little Green Goofballs? Did your dad bleed out of his eyes?
Reading LGF causes gout. I hope he wore gloves.
LGF? Arrgggg…so that’s how the new-to-the-blogosphere get corrupted…