Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.
So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.
Amethyst Angel 💐 Just an old man's gripe about how things have changed, Amethyst. But sertainly, I'll read your story. Just hope it isn't too long - I'm tired. LOL
tj wanderlust-words-in-motion Yeah, Andrea has a couple of sidekicks like Alexa but I won't have any truck with them. I'd rather type than speak. And, to be honest, Andrea seems to spend more time arguing with them than smoothly setting them to work.
We have Alexa, but none of the gadgets that control household functions. She plays music of our choice, sets alarms and reminders, shopping lists, weather reports, about anything we ask of her. But I wondered if she also spied on us as we talked. I asked her if she did, and her response was a creepy mad-scientist's laugh...
Kåre เลียม Enga Much sympathy with what you say. Me, I live in the midst of modern technology thanks to the tastes of others. And I get along with it okay, with just the occasional gripe. As this post evidences!
I need touch... light switch not a lightwitch, a faucet for water, a pot on a burner to boil water, something edible to boil (andouille sausage today not underwear like in the past), a non-adjustable bed. Yadayada...
I had a 5 speed Mazda once. These days I walk... and hold on to rails.
Wise beyond your years, Amethyst. Google may be the ruler of digital space but, when it comes to reality, it seems to be in Lala land. As to what it is, you can make it yours by purchasing a few fancy light bulbs that understand Google speech and the electrical plugs that go with them. It's a sort of cheap and nasty attempt to provide us with a simple system resembling what drives Bill Gates' house.
Sometimes in my forays into the past I come across little gems that belong to others rather than my own. Here’s something that Ned wrote ages ago and I bet has forgotten it almost immediately:
People are brittle and fealty is dead
So write funny posts that keep 'em well fed
Lull them to worship the things in your head
Never let 'em suspect that you're actually Ned.
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