Retirement brings with it many opportunities to develop new
and/or unfulfilled interests, explore new adventures, and experience
excitement from a mature perspective.  In my opinion, failing to capture
these opportunities is wasteful.




That's why I seek to become involved with experiences that are primarily technical in nature,
and which represent what we can expect for the future, rather than what we've accomplished
in the past.


I recommend a similar life style to every retired person I meet.




Today's interests are not the same as they were ten years ago,
and I suppose that future interests will replace these.
However, for the present, I'm adequately challenged with -









































With a goal of eventually visiting all the States, these (red) have been checked off the list




create your own personalized map of the USA








Obviously, I am not a computer professional.  Like so many other people who enjoy technical challenges,
I'm a self taught amateur with a few night courses at the local Junior College under my belt.
I cut my "computer teeth" working with DOS and developing simple programs in BASIC and elementary
COBOL.




I initially objected to "Windows" because it requires users to rely upon those little
icons that the kids in fast food restaurants are compelled to use (the kids who can't even count
change) to punch in the information about your order for a burger and fries.  That's an insult for most
of the thinking people I know.

But it eventually became obvious that my antiquated system, supported by a DOS platform
and running a 40 meg hard drive that fed a dot matrix printer, was motivating my better educated
friends to avoid me at social gatherings.  None of them seemed interested in discussing DOS issues,
except perhaps in historical terms.  It took a few months to teach myself how to navigate Windows, and a few more months to make any
sense out of HTML, but it's been fun.




Speaking of navigation  - I recently discoverd the "sport" of geocaching.  I hope to make this
series of pages an extension of that sport.  An extension which allows me to share my geocaching expriences
with others.




This site is a work in progress; subject to change based upon whim and fancy.
You're welcome to come back at any time....

Meanwhile, if you're looking for something that offers a challenge, an opportunity to associate with
people who can think in multi-task mode, and that allows you to decide for yourself 
how much money you want to invest in the activity, try geocaching.
You can start here at geocaching.com