Soongson5678

Soongson5678
More where that came from..

When I was at Karr school, we got a dialup internet connection in my office and in the library with a flipswitch. Thanks to Tulane University, we received a grant and email addresses for the connection. At that time it was only text, no mouse, no graphics, no windows. We got online via Kermit and connected. Yes, we could surf the net, look up words, topics, but all we got were text links. At the time, it was fascinating. One student, Michael Smolen, loved it so much, he could not wait to get online. He eventually became a computer major at Tulane and is currently doing quite well in that field.
The secret code was, "Ms. Tiller, please "flip the switch." Occassionally when the secretary wouldn't allow Michael to come to my office, he would just stick his head in the hall and make the sign for flip the switch with his fingers. We laughed a lot about that over the 2 years back in the days of Kermit.

Michael always wanted to know my password, but I never told him though he tried to guess. It was "soongson" what I derived from Star Trek's Data. His creator/father was Dr. Noonion Soong. So Data was Soong's son....Soongson.

It's not important anymore, but I still hear from Michael and his family in DC. I wonder if I should tell him the password or if he'd even care now. :)
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It's been 16 months

After the three surgeries for bladder cancer, I am now cancer free. The BCG treatments have kept the cancer from growing back so far. I have had treatments every three months for a year, and I'll cut that to every six months starting in August unless cancer cells are detected. I'm very happy that the treatment is working, and I feel much relieved now. It's still difficult for me to believe it has happened.
The same feelings are what I have about my macular degeneration in the left eye. I cannot see with it, but so far my right eye vision is unaffected by the wet MD. I want to travel and see as much as I can before eyes get worse. I may be able to do that starting this year and next summer as well. Ireland in our hope for next summer. Costa Rica for the fall, maybe.
Jan has a new job about which she is very happy. After a couple of years, we hope to retire to another country, Spanish -speaking. Taking classes and studying to learn Spanish is our plan for now.
I'll be 73 on June 27, and the age is making me worry and be depressed. I am still working partime adjunct teaching English at Northwood, but that will end October 17, 2017. Then I will be fully retired and enjoying it. I like teaching the adults, but I want more alone time to do whatever I feel like. Making jewelry, painting, and studying Spanish.