I was 11 years old when Santa Claus brought our family its first television. I was ecstatic! This black and white, three-station miracle with a tall antenna towering above our roof put me in touch with the outside world. It’s hard to believe that after all these years. After all, where I come from, a mega-bite was something a snake might inflict on you, a mouse was a critter to be found in a corn crib, a net was something to fish with, and only spiders spun webs at night. My how times have changed.

In my lifetime we have moved from the Industrial Age to the Information Age. A frustrated father said to his friend, “I have a cell phone, a car phone, a fax machine, a beeper, e-mail and voice mail and my children still tell me I am out of touch.” We can drown in information and still long for…