Stan goes Digital

When Orion and I strolled into Stan's Donut Shoppe after our nightly patrol, my oldest friend waved us into our regular booth.

With a conspiratorial wink, he pointed at the table in front of where I sat.

"Tap 3 times," he said.

I did and suddenly the table became transparent. There, in front of me, was what looked to be a touch-screen keyboard and monitor.

"It's your new interface to the Minute-Computers in the cave!"

"Not too shabby, Jack!" said Orion. "Nice and sleek! Streaming video, too?"

"Of course!" Stan smiled proudly.

"This is all well and good," I said. "But what reason is there to go through the trouble of implementing such things?"

"Ha! We're gonna take you into the Digital age, my man!" laughed Orion.

"What do you mean? All our technology is hooked through the Minute-Mobile and the electronics in my mask. What more do I need?"

Orion and Stan looked at each other, smiled, looked back at me, and answered in unison. "A blog!"

Truth be told, that idea never came to me before.

And so, here I sit, trying to organize my thoughts into some coherent whole in order to share it with you. But the only thought that is winning out is this: I am in Stan's Donut Shoppe and have yet to ingest any coffee.

That is something that must be remedied immediately before any more can be said!