home

it's always funny to me how you can go through life looking at something and never really seeing it. i never took typing class. maybe if i had, i would have noticed the home keys. they're on every keyboard. small raised dots or lines on set keys, usually in the center. on the one i'm using right now they're the "F" and "J". In typing class you are taught to find the home keys with your two index fingers without looking. from there you learn how to reach out to every other key blindly. if you get lost you can always return home.
as i discovered this i also found home keys on other devices. phone keypads and remote controls. and all this time i've been limping around the landscape like a three legged dog without a home.