Well hello everyone out there in cyberspace!
My name is Don Davis, and I live in Youngstown, Ohio (but don't hold that against me!). I'm 62 (almost), and I remember the Muppets from way back when. I have a little boy named Benjamin who is 2, and that's how I got "Muppetized" all over again, because he's nuts about Sesame Street. I'm probably older than most (if not all) of you, but I'm very IMMATURE, so it's OK. My wife is a good deal younger than me, and that's why I'm a father at this tender age! His name is Benjamin, and he's the focal point of my life. Phyllis (my better half) works, and I'm retired / disabled and have the wonderful privilege of raising my son at home and guiding his development. I taught school for ten years, so I'm teaching him here at home. Sesame Street, and a couple other PBS shows, are the "tools" I use for his early education. I have never seen any better instructional material than that found on Sesame Street, and it is such a BLESSING to have access to all the materials offered. Jim Henson (may he rest in peace) was an absolute GENIUS, and if there's some kind of "hall of fame" for educators he should be at the top!
I discovered this forum by accident, and I'm really looking forward to communicating with all of you. I think this is really cool, and my kudos to those who run this site. So, that's my "intro", I guess. I'll just throw a couple other tidbits out before I go, so you can all get a better idea of who I am.
I love to joke around, as evidenced by my picture under my signature (yeah, that's really ME!), and I can't help it... it's allmost like a DISEASE! I used to do stand-up comedy back in the 70's, and I can't get rid of the urge to put in a one-liner in almost everything. I'm a jazz musician too, although I don't play out anymore because of my disability - a back condition that I have. I love to create with WOOD, and I make things with woodburning and carving (dremmel). I don't know ANYTHING about sports (except that a baseball looks different than a hockey puck), I'm Jewish, I think Groucho Marx is the comedy god, I have two Schnauzers (Gunther and Clarice), no goldfish, and I try to keep my room clean. I guess that's about all. So......HELLO EVERYBODY!
-The Jazzman