I think about how much the world has changed
over the nearly 95 years my Grandmother was alive-
born in the the year 1915 when
planes, trains and automobiles were taking off.
And here we are today
with AI taking off
making incredible
advancements,
developments,
achievements,
and
enrichments…
like
online sports betting...
where you can go for broke
without leaving home.
I remember back in high school
being very impressed with
our family stereo cabinet.
Not only did it automatically play a stack of records…
it doubled as a beautiful piece of furniture
to cherish and to polish.
I Pledged every Saturday…
to keep it looking good
and now we FF to today
to digital music.
Drop the needle-
it's a
Mic Drop moment.
"You must be high."
In the 70's, I went off to college with a rad
state of the art IBM Selectric typewriter.
I loved this gem of technology
with an erase cartridge I could pop in and out
and fix a mistake with 5 steps.
If you would have told me that
one day I could correct a mistake
with a stroke of a delete key...
you would have knocked me over
with a stroke of a feather.
Far Out, Man.
"You must be high."
And if you would have told me in college
marijuana would one day be legal…
sold out of a store front..
smelled on the street as you walk around;
I would have deliriously laughed out loud…
"You must be high."
I also remember in college using the pay phone
hanging on the wall of my dorm.
Sometimes I had to climb in,
to get comfortable.
1 ringy dingy,
2 ringy dingy
I've gone from
feeding coins to a pay telephone on the wall
to a cell phone in my pocket...
that can
navigate anywhere,
answer anything,
and
connect me to anyone.
Whatcha talkin' 'bout Willis?
"You must be high."
Anywhooo…
Everything now is…
online,
streamlined
with more advances
coming down the pipeline
in every field inclined
medical, banking, commerce, music, etc.
but, alas, I am most aligned..
with
ON DEMAND streaming.
As a kid I would have LOVED it if
I could have watched the Sound of Music whenever I wanted,
instead of once a year
when it was aired.
It was one of my Favorite Things.
How could that be real life?
"You must be high."
The other day on my walk …
a driverless Waymo car whizzed by me.
I’m not driven by the idea of being a passenger
in a car without a human head.
Are you out of your mind?
"You must be high."
I often wonder what life in the future
will be like for our grandkids.
What technology will
Ansley, Presley, Daisy,
Griffin and soon-to-be baby Highland
see over the next 80 or 90 years?
I suppose we are only held back
by our imagination…
And if we can’t imagine it…
AI can.
Off to stream “Landman."
I think I’ll binge a few episodes…
just because I can.
But first,
some online sports betting.
March Madness is coming in hot, y'all.
"You must be high, Kat."
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