Holy shit! I have a blog.

Wow it was remarkably easy to create a blog. Maybe a little too easy?

I really don't like technology. Don't get me wrong, I'm no dummy - I could do it if I wanted to! When I was 9 I programmed my Commodore 64 to calculate New Jersey State Sales tax on any item. It was quite complicated! When I was 17, I came home from school one day, learned how to program the TI-82 graphing calculator they made us use in calculus class, and created a crude Black Jack program, all before dinner. On Monday I came into school and "shared" the "program" through a "network cable" with a good portion of the advanced students in my grade (the less advanced kids just used really playing cards). It was a big hit, except doubling down sometimes caused the whole system to crash. That, and a week later a kid who now earns more in a week than I have since 2002 programmed a racing car game complete with graphics and sound. And there went my short lived coolness amongst advanced math students at Fair Lawn High School.

So back to the point here. These days I just don't like to use computers anymore other than for work, and even then hate it. I have many reasons why perhaps I'll share one day. On a gut level, the scene in office space where they beat the shit out of the fax machine is one of my favorite moments in movie history (I do own a TV, but it's not plugged in - just for a movie here and there). I don't own a cell phone or a digital camera or an I-Pod or an I-Phone or an I-River or an I-anything that would confirm I live in a 21st century developed (though crumbling) nation. I'm so behind my 62 year-old (doesn't look a day over 49!) MOTHER recently invited me to join FaceBook! For real. That's sad. And good for me.

So why am I creating this blog? Actually that's a good question I may want to sit with a bit longer before I get sucked in to this world. I can feel it starting to happen, like Anakin being seduced by the dark side, or Matthew Broderick's tragic decent in Election, or that weird guy putting his wife in the meat grinder in Fargo. Yikes!

Anyway, what's the worst that could happen? Those guys turned out just fine, right?

OK so I'm creating this "blog" so I can tell you about my trip to Hawaii. That's it. No grand intention to save the rainforest, no deeper purpose to explore my alter-ego or open my heart to strangers. I just want to show you pictures from Hawaii, because I just got back and it was fucking awesome! OK and I imagine in the future you'll also be privey to additional postings, like future trips to Hawaii, and other places, and the occasional heartfelt, left-leaning yet pragamatic and well-written political analysis, and perhaps updates on various gatherings I enjoy hosting, like Hanukah, Passover, and sponatenous cuddle party of the month, and a bunch of other stuff I will spend way too much time creating for way too few people to read.

Cool, so there it is, my first "post". 18 minutes of my life, gone. I'm gonna go take a shower.

Peace,
Roni

PS - I haven't figured out how to "upload" my pictures from Hawaii so you'll have to wait.