My story begins in Cincinnati, Ohio, and, at this time, continues from Scottsdale, Arizona. Throughout my journey from Ohio to Arizona, I have lived in eight decades, experienced two centuries, and witnessed two millennia.

In my youth, I was a tall, slender kid who was not very athletic. I performed well in school, but my report cards consistently noted "Doesn't work to maximum ability." I told my parents, "I prefer to work smarter, not harder."

Upon reaching 20, I had an ineresting job, a ham radio station, great music, weekend dancing, and a 57' Chevy. I enlisted in the Air Force and I lost my ham radio station, my music, my friends, and my car. Starting anew, though, I found a wife, a family, nice homes, a technical career, college, and a comfortable lifestyle.

By the time I reached 40, I viewed myself as a self-made man; educated, well-travelled, prosperous, respected, and influential with a lavish home. However, a selfish wife, two greedy lawyers, and an obstinate court stripped it all away. Once again starting over, I found close relationships, great dancing, new careers, renewed prosperity, and a favorable lifestyle.

At 60, I enjoyed a nice home, a gentle cat, dance partners, and a rewarding software career. I owned real estate, premium cars, and spent weekends on the golf course. Life was good and I published my autobiography. I designed it to look and read like a newspaper with each "news story" a chapter in my life. I titled my newspaper The Good Times because life had been "a good time."

Upon turning 80, I was residing in Arizona. I had a loving partner, a precious cat, a lovely home, vacations in Mexico, extravagant cruises, and a luxury car. I danced across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and played golf at prestigious courses. By this time, my autobiography had expanded significantly since the first publishication of The Good Times.

Meanwhile, technology had advanced and The Good Times Vol.6 appeared as a miniature newspaper on our small mobile devices. Although my careers had come to a close, my lifestyles, interests, and adventures continued to evolve. If the The Good Times was going to continue, it must undergo a complete transformation.

The new format features "chapters" and the stories that comprise those chapters. It is compatible with every device and you can click on a photo to enlarge it. You can read my autobiography like a book or use the Menu to choose specific chapters and stories. I still refer to my autobiography as The Good Times because life continues to be "a good time."

As the memories unfolded, images of the past surfaced. I wanted to share some of those images with my readers, so I added photo pages. Many of the photos are mine, but some are sourced from the internet and Google. You can access the photo pages by clicking the Photos button at the end of a story or chapter.

I was raised in the 20th century, which I consider to be one of the most remarkable centuries ever. The fist ten years saw the creation of inventions that changed the world: the radio, the car, the airplane, the escalator, air conditioning, the vacuum cleaner, the safety razor, windshield wipers, and sound films.

My parents experienced even more innovations: the pop-up toaster, the helicopter, traffic signals, short-wave radio, the electric razor, Band-Aids, Scotch tape, instant coffee, and frozen food. I was born in 1940, and by 1945, we had the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose computer.

Over the course of my life, television teamed up with radio, jet engines revolutionized flight, and cars are self-driving. Color photography replaced black and white, magnetic tape replaced records, CDs replaced tapes, and "digital chips" replaced them all! The computer progressed from having 100 words of memory to boasting "megabytes" of memory.

And yet, 20th-century science did not stop on Earth. It ventured into "outer space." We walked on the moon, orbited the Earth while living in a space station, launched people and cargo into space and returned to Earth in a space shuttle. We dispatched robots to Mars, explored our entire solar system, and peered into other galaxies using telescopes in "outer space."

As we transitioned into the new millennium, technology continued to amaze me. The Internet provided unprecedented access to vast amounts of information. Correspondence became instantaneous through email. Cell phones and social media enabled us to share photos, videos, and daily events with family and friends instantly, no matter where they were in the world.

Satellites offer aerial views and images of the entire globe, both land and sea. GPS safely guides us to unfamiliar locations anywhere in the world. Computers come in various forms: desktop, laptop, tablet, cellphone, and wristwatch. You can purchase anything from Apples to Zippers on the Internet and it will arrive at your doorstep the following day.

Meanwhile, drive-in movies, vinyl records, tape recorders, vacuum tubes, rotary phones, film, and typewriters have all become relics of the past. However, these remnants are not the only items on the lengthy list of extinctions. My America is also included!

The America I grew up in is facing challenges. It is plagued by illiteracy, poverty, drugs, homelessness, crime, fear, rampant inflation, uncontrolled spending, and massive debt. It is on the brink of succumbing to Socialism, and all the new generations seem to know how to say is "Shut up old man. It's our America now!" Good luck with that!