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Publisher’s Note
Publisher’s Note
You are only young once,
but you can stay immature
indefinitely. -Ogden Nash
And as another year has
flown by, Carol insists I have
managed to do just that beauti-
fully! By the time you read this
I will have reached the “over-
ly” ripe age of 66 years. No big
party or fanfare (after all I mar-
ried the Queen of No
Frivolous Celebrations), but
once again I am in receipt of a
major tech IOU from her. Of
course Carol being Carol, she
added one big caveat … it
couldn’t be something to dis-
tract at the dinner table (as in updated iPhone, iPad, etc.) or in bed. More and
more we’ve found both of us are driving ourselves nuts pretending to listen
while really only concentrating on our devices. Every other day, I’ve forgotten
something Carol has said. And before you know it, I’m blaming her several
months-old concussion on her forgetting my next day’s schedule. (Trust me –
normally she doesn’t forget anything.)
So I guess I need some tech advice. What am I missing? I don’t think our
walls can make room for any more TVs, and Amazon’s Alexa already keeps us
company in our office. Then there was my drone adventure in December
which wasn’t exactly successful after ending up on our neighbor’s roof before
being mercifully recalled by the manufacturer. So I am turning to you our
readers. Help this birthday boy find his next “big” thing.
But remember her caveat – it can’t be something I can invite to dinner or
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