Boomer Randomness

I don’t seem to have time to do anything, yet I am very busy.   And while some of my activity lately has been work-related and chore-related, much has been fun.   I need to get focused.   Meanwhile, here are a few random observations I’ve been collecting. The 50 th anniversary of the Beatles first concert in the US was this month.   Fifty years?   Really?   Can it be that long ago that they first played live in this country?   The first show was right here in Washington DC at a venue that still exists, although it is some kind of decrepit warehouse now.   There is a movement locally to rehab it. Valentine’s weekend was my best ever.   No details here, just take my word for it … best ever. The kitchen at my office is shameful.   The refrigerator is so full that it seems like a family is living in the office.   It’s full of big stuff too, like a large container of orange juice, a carton of eggs (why? there is no st...

How much do you depend on your mobile device?   I assume you have one because most people do.   Is yours a cell phone which is mostly used as a phone?   Is it a smart phone, which is used for phone, text, email, internet, music, videos and more?   Do you have it with you all the time? I left mine at work one night recently.   I realized it when I got home and almost went back to get it.   It was such an odd feeling not having it.   I felt naked without it. We have become so dependent on those devices that we feel disconnected without them.   I couldn’t text the two or three people I text daily, I didn’t know if they or anyone else had texted me.   I emailed them to tell them I didn’t have my phone so they wouldn’t think something bad had happened if I didn’t return their texts that night.   I mentioned it on Facebook. Many people no longer have home phones because they use their mobile phones for everything.   I a...

The title says it all ... I'm alive and busy.  Crazy busy.  Much of it is a good kind of busy, but I am way over-scheduled, even more than I usually am.  I have written three or four blog posts in my head during the past few weeks but haven't allowed myself the time to sit down and actually write them.  But I will.  Soon.