A short time back I received e-mail from a man named Jon Segal who is one of the staff writers with our local daily newspaper the Monterey Herald. He had been browsing the Internet and had run across my blog. He found the story of how Jen-Chi and I met interesting and thought it might make a good human-interest story for the paper. He wanted to get together and talk about it.

I replied and after determining that he had an expenses account, I met him for lunch. We chatted and he still was interested but wanted to also talk with Jen-Chi and get a couple of pictures. So, we set up a date for him to come to the house and he did.

The three of us had a nice chat with Jon scribbling furiously all the time. As he left he indicated the story would probably appear the following Friday, which it did.

The photographer arrived about an hour later.

I was surprised at the number of photographs he took. He must have click-clicked that thing 40 or 50 times and then he left. Sure enough, opening the paper Friday morning revealed our story.

Caught up in the Net
This senior couple found adventure --
and each other-- on the Internet

It was complete with two -- not one but two -- photographs. We were now officially famous!

A few hours later our phone rang and it was a neighbor who wanted to compliment us. She didn't ask for autographs but did want to know our web site address. I told her it was www.oldprof.com and she thanked me.

Then just as I was leaving to get some additional papers to send to our out-of-town friends and relatives, the phone rang. Jen-Chi said, "Wait a minute. It may be another one of our fans." It wasn't but we both laughed.

If you would like to read the story it is online. To view just click here Monterey Herald. If you want an idea of what they were I have them in storage at my web site. You can see one at
Picture #1
and another at:
Picture #2

So, all right, now we are famous. I had always heard of "Fame and Fortune". When does the Fortune part begin?

By the way, if you, or anyone you know, happen to be interested in obtaining any of our memorabilia as an investment, just drop us a line. We have plenty of things like tee shirts that were actually worn by The Old Professor while sitting at the computer. He will personally sign them for you. Maybe something like a baseball he used to play with as a boy would interest you. If so, you probably should get these soon before we list them for sale on eBay.

The Old Professor
Carmel, CA
May 28, 2005