Boots became an even more awesome old man during the week. 15 years old and still going although obviously not quite as strong as he used to be. He can run and jump when he wants to like after a particularly refreshing poop but most of the time he likes to find one of the many baskets around the house and curl up in it and sleep. He has earned his rest through his years of companionship and getting to the equivalent of being an old age pensioner for a cat.
Now my wife and I just need to be as awesome as Boots is when we are that old. If we can be as lazy and restful as he is that would be a bonus too. Although I doubt we will have a human or two to slave over us like he does when he wants something.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Technology
I like technology. It allows me to do all my work from the comfort of home 450 miles away from the office. It lets me spend time relaxing playing games. It allows me to stay cool inside the house when it is boiling hot outside. It has pretty much allowed me to make a very comfortable life for me and my wife.
It is strange to think that, even when I was a young child, most of this stuff just didn't exist. Sure air condition existed but I lived somewhere that didn't consider it a necessity. The rest though barely existed and now the world wouldn't work without it. Ways of people communicating from even the most remote locations in the world make it so much easier to talk, to find out information and just to keep in touch. It makes you wonder how much more will change, given the will people have to improve things, in the rest of my life. Will I become one of those doddering old people who don't understand these new fangled things like my mother in law with computers and the internet? Will any of it actually affect me in any meaningful way? Fun things to think about anyway.
Still I just like the way I can now spend all my time near and with my wife for pretty much 24 hours a day instead of having to drive 50 plus miles away to somewhere else just so that I can do something that I do perfectly well from right here at home.
So now that I am done with work for the week I'm going to watch some tv on the set that couldn't exist 15 years ago with technology that didn't exist 10 years ago to stream stuff over the internet.
It is strange to think that, even when I was a young child, most of this stuff just didn't exist. Sure air condition existed but I lived somewhere that didn't consider it a necessity. The rest though barely existed and now the world wouldn't work without it. Ways of people communicating from even the most remote locations in the world make it so much easier to talk, to find out information and just to keep in touch. It makes you wonder how much more will change, given the will people have to improve things, in the rest of my life. Will I become one of those doddering old people who don't understand these new fangled things like my mother in law with computers and the internet? Will any of it actually affect me in any meaningful way? Fun things to think about anyway.
Still I just like the way I can now spend all my time near and with my wife for pretty much 24 hours a day instead of having to drive 50 plus miles away to somewhere else just so that I can do something that I do perfectly well from right here at home.
So now that I am done with work for the week I'm going to watch some tv on the set that couldn't exist 15 years ago with technology that didn't exist 10 years ago to stream stuff over the internet.
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