Ok. I’m not the very most cutting edge dude when it comes to technology and such. I’m no slouch, but I admit that I just opened a Twitter account a couple weeks ago… because our local reporter was tweeting the most up-to-date info about the Gap Fire that had us evacuated from our home for several days. So, I was under duress.

I’ve had a blackberry for a couple years, but just hooked up my email the other day.

I’ve had a Facebook account, but no photo up and no friends ’till just two weeks ago. And despite being hammered from every direction about my dire need to be blogging, I’ve been dragging my heels.

Why so (relatively) slow on the uptake?

Well, it’s because of a lot of things. Let me tell you about some: