We had our first frost yesterday morning.  Grass blades were tipped in white and the windshield of my car was covered. When I went to get the papers, I walked across the grass to hear the crunch. The air was crisp and cold, the sort of cold which takes you by surprise and makes you gasp for breath for just a second.

My computer died Tuesday. It needed help to shut done then refused to reboot. Yesterday afternoon I brought it to my computer guru. It didn’t sound good, but I’ll know more tomorrow. After I left off  my computer, I went for a ride down cape in my new car. It was so much fun driving I got all the way to Eastham before I turned around to come home.

When I was a little kid, TV was only in black and white. We’d turn it on and then wait patiently while the picture tube warmed up. The screen sometimes had white lines running across it, snow was common and the picture often jumped up and down. We had a rabbit ear antenna on top which we turned and bent every which hoping to find the best picture. I remember one antenna, a more modern version, had a knob on the front as a tuner but it really didn’t work all that well. We’d extend the ears as far as they could go and they’d get skinnier and skinnier. I remember that after a while the ears would bend so much they’d never go back into the antenna sheath, but none of that really mattered to us. We’d watchhttp://atomic-temporary-5444514.wpcomstaging.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5039&action=edit regardless. TV was a marvel.

I was either a senior in high school or a freshman in college when my parents got a color TV. Star Trek is what I remember watching first. I guess it was all those red shirted uniforms which made an impression-either that or it was Captain Kirk with a torn shirt exposing his shoulder in just about every fight. The color wasn’t great on that first set, but we were amazed. It sure as heck beat the  sheet of plastic we once put across the screen to give us some color over the black and white.

Last night I was watching a movie on my HD TV. It was as if I were there. The colors were vibrant, and I could see every line in the actors’ faces. When I first got this set, I watched hockey, second only to golf as my least favorite sport, but the picture was unbelievable. The ice was bright white, and I could see chips fly into the air when the hockey players braked using their skates. Uniforms, even of the drabbest colors, stood out against the white of the ice. It seemed sports looked the best on an HD set. Baseball was glorious. I could even see a bead of sweat drip down a pitcher’s face.

When I was little, we had only two channels, but I was never bored. Now I have every channel my cable company offers, and I am often bored.

Is there a hockey game?