The Masked Man
b'Tonight, I\'m the masked man...sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room. The mask probably isn\'t important. You probably wouldn\'t recognize me anyway without my blue leotard and red cape, with the big L for Louie on the back. If you\'re new to this podcast, this is about life for the Louie-Louie Generation...lads and ladies for whom that song has been a big part of the background of our lives. \\n It\'s not just about age. It\'s actually mostly about \'tude. Attitude. We\'ve got it. We don\'t age. We ferment instead. I\'m hiding my face from Face Book. And not only am I not a Face Book friend, I am a twitter quitter, and painful as it may sound, I\'ve lopped off my link at linkedin. \\n I\'m not anti-social. I just think some people take the word "friend" kinda lightly. Or maybe I take it too seriously. But I really love my friends. I don\'t have very many of them, and you know who you are. You have my email address and my phone number. You can get in touch with me any time you feel like it. You know I look forward to hearing from you. And you don\'t even have to call before you drop in.\\n But just because I met someone in the supermarket check out doesn\'t mean that person is my friend, regardless of how the Face Book folks see it. We all have to perform the "How are you,""Have a nice day.""Let\'s get together sometime soon" supermarket check out act sometimes. It\'s ok. But I don\'t want to perform all the time.'