This week I discuss how I honed my craft as a writer by writing in online discussion forums on the CompuServe Information Service in the early 1980s long before the Internet was popular. This led me to write an award-winning article for a local magazine.

Links of interest:

“Buck, Buck” comedy routine by Bill Cosby where he first introduced his character Fat Albert. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/Sv65fZ5yRk8

Online version of my article “The Reunion”: https://cyborg5.com/handicap/reunion/

Indianapolis Monthly Magazine: https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/

“The Big Bang Theory” theme song on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FKxsuy1UxJY

RadioShack TRS-80 Model 100 on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_100

Osborne 1 “portable” computer on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_1

DEC-System 10 computer on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-10

CompuServe Information Service on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuServe

“How to Get the Most out of CompuServe” book by Charles Bowen on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Most-Out-CompuServe/dp/0553342673

Farewell message from Indianapolis Monthly Magazine editor Deborah Paul: https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/news-and-opinion/opinion-and-columns/deborah-paul-calls-career

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