Every day my mind wanders to some trivial event of the past that I can no longer count on my brain to spit forth as it once did. Or some arcane bit of knowledge or "how to". My husband's newest question is "look up on Pinterest and see if they know how to ... This sends me to my keyboard to once again "consult the "oracle". Accessing information has never been speedier as with a few minimally accurate keystrokes we are able to pull forth what our brains can no longer supply. Amazing. Last night, for instance, I wondered who that guy with the great voice who does the Allstate commercial really is. I mean besides the "Allstate man". Turns out his name is Dennis Haysbert. See what I mean. Type in Allstate man and his name pops forth. Then you can go on and find out more about Dennis and his life, career, number of wives, children, and so on.
Last year Wikipedia voluntarily shut itself down for a day to let us know what life would be like without them. This of course was their way of nudging us to make a "voluntary" contribution to keep them running. Not to worry. Like, we'd let that happen! The problem with all this is we have access to more info than we ever really wanted. And I mean it. What a Pandora's box.
I have no excuse for not knowing so many things I wish I didn't have to know and deal with. Or wish I knew how to deal with. Or feel guilty about not having dealt with. Yikes! You get the picture?
On the over hand, it was ridiculously easy to renew my driver's license!
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