Ok. i am out here on the bleeding edge of technology.
I have begun delving into Bitcoin. I opened a Bitcoin wallet account at CoinBase.com. It takes a couple of days to verify the connection to my bank account. So I haven't bought any Bitcoins yet.
The Current price is $787 each. So I will only buy 1 for now. These are easily convertible back into dollars. I don't know yet how purchasing is done. There must be a way to pay for items using fractions of a bitcoin.
I will keep posting on my experience.