An old colleague just sent me an email accusing me of watching Doogie Howser, MD.  Unclear exactly what she was implying, but it was in response to my suggestion that she get an email address that does not betray her '80s-level technological capabilities.  She still rocks the dot AOL.  And not nostalgically or for humor.

Anyway, her email led me to think for a moment about Dr. Howser, and that thinking turned into this response:

My childhood sitcom trajectory was very simple: Cosby Show to Fresh Prince to Seinfeld.  I made the occasional while-we're-at-it foray into Cheers and Friends and A Different World and Blossom, but never did any of those capture my imagination the way Bill and Will and Jerry did. 

Capturing the imagination.  That's a weird expression.

Anyway, I do remember that Doogie kept a journal on the computer, and I remember thinking that that was totally cool.  Doogie Howser, MD introduced me to blogging.