When I was a freshman at Notre Dame High School for Boys, outside of Chicago, now Notre Dame College Prep, none of my surviving classmates ever heard the term Prep, I was taking Latin, from the greats Mr. Bartos and Father O’Neill, which I still am taking from them, my First and Third Latin books before me.
Now I stare at various devices and am bewildered.
I knew “amo amas amat, amamus amatis amant”. Because I had a book by which I was instructed. And I knew it meant various forms of love, which I live by to this day.
Now, I click one of these devices when I am completely lost and it says Customize Toolbar. Dear Reader, I don’t know what or where the Toolbar is. And if I did, I wouldn’t have the foggiest as to how to customize it. Is that like we did with ‘56 Chevies?
How am I suppose to know this stuff? I know, what little I do, from my daughter.
But where is the manual? How do I remember that “r, ris, tur, mur, mini, ntur” is the passive voice? It is on my table. And I will study it tomorrow. And will the customizers of the toolbars remember anything at all?
Lonnie Carter is a playwright, Obie winner and his signature play is “The Sovereign State of Boogedy Boogedy.”
All Greek To Me