The other day I sent my dad a link to SMITH so he could check out some of my blog entries.

He didn’t reply.

I began wondered if he really “got” this whole blogging thing — after all, dad still uses his trusty typewriter to communicate his message to everyone from George W. Bush to John McCain to me.

So, when I read about AP Special Correspondent John Roderick’s adventures in blogging — the guy’s 91 years old for heaven’s sake — I started thinking that maybe I should push my dad into the blogging arena. Heck, if Mr. Roderick could go from Morse code (I swear to God) to blogging, surely my dad, who is 30 years younger than this dude, could be making a name for himself in the blogosphere.

You can check out Mr. Roderick’s piece here. And you can read his latest blog entry here about Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China.

Who knows, maybe you’ll soon see my beloved dad writing for SMITH.