Conversations With My Mother – Volume Two
Telephone call I received from my mother after I told her I started a blog:
MOM: “I’m on the Yahoo right now and I can’t find you.”
ME: “Huh? The Yahoo…oh, if you’re talking about my blog it’s http://www.heellisgoa.com“
MOM: “I tried typing that and it’s not working.”
ME: “Where are you typing it in?”
MOM: “On the computer.”
ME: “No, I mean…when you look at the screen what box are the letters appearing in as you type?”
MOM: “Uh…the box that says, ‘Search Web.’”
ME: “OK, try this instead. Look up at the top of the screen to a long horizontal box. That’s called an address bar. Type in there.”
MOM: (mumbling something about how stupid the word “blog” is as she types). “I typed inside that bar like you said but nothing happened. I hate computers. You know it was an Italian who first invented radio communication. Technology’s all gone down hill since then…”
MOM: “Mom, I need you to focus.”
ME: “Fine, fine. There. See? It’s not working.”
ME: “What came up after you typed in the address bar?”
MOM: “A screen with pictures of street maps.”
ME: “Maps? That doesn’t make any sense…”
MOM: “Oh! I know what I forgot to do. Give me a minute…alright. Now, what’s your zip code?”
ME: “My zip code? What do you need that for?”
MOM: “I forgot to type it in the address bar after ‘New Hampshire.’”
ME: “Mom…why are you typing New Hampshire at all?”
MOM: “Well how else is the Yahoo going to find you?”
ME: “Yeah. Put my sister on the phone.”
Proof!
The proof for the paperback version of my novel is finally here! 
