Arte Y Pico ... My Online Affair

“Joe, what’s all the fuss about? What is it you want to show me?”
“Come here! Check this out on my computer!”
The only time my wife sits in front of the computer is when I practically have to drag her down to my basement office to show her something … even then it’s like pulling teeth. She’s always too busy doing something upstairs like talking on the phone or reading or quietly figuring out how to aggravate me.
“Joe, you’re not going to show me something gross again, are you?”
“No dear, nothing gross. I won something!!!”
Okay … So sometimes I lure her down here for a laugh. Like the time I had her reading one of those emails where you’re really concentrating on finding something small on the screen and all of a sudden … up pops a scary picture accompanied by a dreadful scream! You know the ones I’m talking about. It was a while gaining back her trust after that one. But I did. She loves me.
“Joe, I’m serious. You better not be fooling around.”
“Come on honey, trust me. You’ll be proud of me, really.”
The gross thing she was referring to was one of my first posts … The Truth About Giraffes … She always thought it silly that I don’t find giraffes cute as most other people do. But after watching the video I added to my post … well let’s just say she laughs no more!
“Okay Joe, So what did you win? What the hell is that?”
“It’s a blogging award honey. It's my first! Someone gave it to me. You know … for my blogging.”
So I go on to explain that Heather, of KelticKaos fame was honored by receiving an award for her blogging by one of her readers called the Arte Y Pico Award and she now has to honor someone else, well … five others who have blogs that she likes to read … and I was one of the five bloggers she picked to pass the award to …
“Isn’t this exciting?”
*Crickets (I recently saw this on another blog and couldn’t wait to use it.)
“Joe, let me get this straight. First of all, there are other people doing this blogging stuff?”
“Well … yes. You didn’t know that? You thought I’m the only one?”
“Joe, you never explained that. Who else does it?”
“Hon, I have told you this before, but you’re never interested. I have to practically beg you to read mine. There are thousands … er … millions, who write blogs.”
“So, Joe, Who is this Heather? Why haven’t you mentioned her before?”
“Hon, I don’t know who she is. Honest! Don’t look at me like that!”
“Well she seems to know you. She’s giving you this award. How long have you been blogging to her?”
“Hon, You’re not getting this. She just reads my blog and she likes it. She’s just saying so by passing this award to me. I’ll do the same. I’ll pass it along to some others who write blogs that I like to read.”
“Oh yeah? Like who? More Heathers?”
“Hon, You’re being ridiculous. I’ll probably pass it on to … let’s see … Mooooog … and Bogart … and Dorky Dad … oh … and B-Dog … and Malicious Intent.”
“Joe, really, I’m supposed to believe these are real people? There are more girls too, am I right? You’re just not saying! You know ... your sister told me she has to really watch who your niece talks to on the computer. I think it’s about time I start learning this crap so I really know what’s going on down here.”
“Yes honey. You really do. (Under my breath) … Yeah, that’ll never happen!”
*SMACK
“OUCH! What? What did you do that for?”
“Because I heard that, smartass!”