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 didn't view myself as lazy and I told my parents, "I prefer to work smarter, not harder."

By the age of 20, I had achieved shelving department supervisor at the Cincinnati Library. I operated a ham radio station, drove a 57' Chevy, had an extensive collection of 45 RPM records, and loved being a deejay and dancing on weekends.

When I enlisted in the Air Force, I lost everything: my ham radio equipment, my car, my records, and my friends. However, as I started anew, I gained a wife, a family, a home, an electronics career, college, and built a very comfortable lifestyle.

When I turned 40, I considered myself a self-made man; educated, well-travelled, respected, and influential, with a successful management career and an extravagant home. However, a selfish wife, two avaricious lawyers, and a stubborn court took everything from me. Starting anew, I discovered close friends, dance partners, new job opportunities, revitalized success, and a new positive lifestyle.

At the age of 60, I had a lovely home, a cat named Brandy, strong relationships, dance partners, and a fulfilling career in computing. I possessed real estate, high-end cars, and spent my weekends playing golf. Life was comfortable, and I wrote my autobiography. I crafted it to resemble a newspaper, with each "news story" representing a chapter of my life. I named my newspaper The Good Times because life had been "a good time."

When I reached the age of 80, I was living in Arizona. I had a loving partner, a cat called Lucky, a beautiful home, vacations in Mexico, lavish cruises, and a luxury car. I danced across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and enjoyed golfing at renowned courses. By then, my autobiography had grown considerably since the initial publication of The Good Times.

Meanwhile, technology had advanced and my newspaper, The Good Times Vol.6, appeared in miniature on our 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 chapter after chapter 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 photos 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 first ten years saw inventions that changed the world: the radio, the automobile, the airplane, the escalator, air conditioning, the vacuum cleaner, the safety razor, windshield wipers, and "talking" movies.

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, which might be regarded as one of the most significant decades of the century. From the atomic bomb to the microwave, the technology developed in this decade would profoundly impact the future of people's lives. The 1940s saw the invention of radar, television, jet engines, antibiotics, aerosol sprays, Velcro, and the first electronic, programmable, general-purpose computer.

Over the course of my life, television has surpassed radio, jet engines have revolutionized flight, color has replaced black and white, magnetic tape has replaced vinyl records, CDs have replaced tapes, and "digital chips" have replaced everything! The computer has progressed from weighing 27 tons to just 6 ounces and now possess "millions of bytes" of memory. Today, tiny computers have lead to the development of cars and trucks that drive themselves!.

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 On The List!

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!