Sometimes I just have alot of unrelated half formed thoughts cluttering my skull and committing them somewhere helps free up the space. I got a new phone. I'm not very good with it yet although I'm strongly suspicious that its smarter than I am. After purchasing it I stopped to get a few things at the grocery store or maybe hardware store. Anyway, the person at the register couldn't understand making change. Quick subtraction from one hundred was just beyond them. And it occurred to me it wasn't always like this. Not from a back in the good old days type perspective but more from the prospective that before we as a culture became so dependent on technology and gadgets even the people working menial jobs at the lower end of the employment or financial spectrum could do basic math in their head. I couldn't tell you the last time I encountered a cashier that didn't stop for a minute when giving them extra change so they could give me a round dollar figure back. How much of that has to do with the fact that its not required anymore. A machine can do it. This makes me sad. Maybe I'm just paranoid. I also hate self check out and miss the banter that usually comes with getting rung up by an actual human. Sometimes I just get the feeling that more and more, we're slowly being dehumanized. From little things like I just mentioned to relationship patterns among people only ten years younger than me. I get the feeling we're being reduced or made less as a culture in the ways that matter.
Also. I went to see a sunrise the other day. It was lovely and made the entire weekend seem that much longer. I also had one of my rare moments of good fortune where I take a really great picture. I keep looking at it and can't believe I took it. I'm also really easy to make happy so maybe its not all that great but I love it and I'll post it here. I had a whole laundry list of things I wanted to vomit up on to this page but Bass Ale has rendered the rest of it not all that important I guess. Anyway, the pictures up top. If your reading this I hope you have a great day.
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