End Of An Era

In 1927, the silent era ended with the debut of the first talking motion picture “The Jazz Singer”. In 1992, the fall of the Berlin Wall symbolized the decline of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. In 2006, the end of the dial-up era was marked by the Burzlaff’s purchasing high-speed internet.

For those who know my father, this is quite a big and momentous step for him to be taking since it is has never been a necessity to have anything faster then dial-up. Years of complaining and comparisons proved fruitless. All we ever got out of it was an internet accelerator, which did make things a bit more manageable. I’d like to say that we wore him out in the end, but to be honest I don’t know what caused this momentous event to happen. And frankly, I don’t want to know, because what’s really important is that we’ll soon have something that doesn’t evoke serious aggravation and aggression.

Of course this doesn’t necessarily mean that I will be online or around the internet all the time at home. I’m on the computer enough as it is during the day and since it’s a family computer I can’t leave something like AIM running all the time with the expectation to chat whenever I choose. Those moments will have to wait until I eventually move out (which for you doubters out there will occur; it’s just a matter of when). But I should be around more often to slowly introduce myself back into a social internet environment.