Tongue-tied

Do I look different?

I just got a new keyboard and mouse. USB. Cordless. For the first time in my life I have one with no cigarette ashes between the keys, gumming up the space bar. It even has all the letters and numbers on it. That’s kind of cool.

But now I can’t talk straight. I really hate changing keyboards – that’s why up until today I’ve had the same one for close to 10 years. This just doesn’t feel like my old one. I know technically all the letters are still in the same places, but my fingers aren’t hitting them without looking down. The mouse is a different shape and has a page-scroll wheel in the middle. I can zip up and down the page if I want to.

This will be very nice once I get used to it. But that’s going to take awhile.

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