It happened again this week. A client questioned something I said by responding, “But I read on the internet. . .”
This is Purim, and it is a time for remembering and forgetting. It is sometimes confusing. For example we are told in the Torah that when God grants us safety from all our enemies "in the land that the Lord your God is giving you as a hereditary portion, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven." Then it says in the next sentence, "Do not forget!"
One of the advantages of being old is being old fashioned. I was tempted to stop here and just let the reader fill in the blanks, but I could not stop without remarking on the tremendous benefit of paper in this digital age. Paper? Yes. For example, my paper pocket calendar saves me oodles of time each day while young techies struggle with their devices to find appointment dates.
The Cinema Arts Centre, an independent film venue in Huntington, is one of our favorite places. When we were there over the weekend, I noticed a fascinating commonality among the three movies that were being shown. They all had to do with old age.
Recently, a controversy (albeit a small one) erupted around Beyonce. The singer was slotted to perform the National Anthem at the President's inauguration and someone, I'm assuming her, made the decision to pre-record it and lip-synch it.
It was time I suppose. My more than five year old laptop was very good to me. But five years in technology years made my laptop more like a relic whose time had come. So this weekend's project was to buy a new one. Shopping wasn't so bad, it was fun actually.
But the set up and adjustment has been particularly trying -- and time consuming -- I think in light of Windows 8, Microsoft's new operating system.
I was an overweight child. Therefore, I found the story of Dara-Lynn Weiss and her seven year old daughter compelling. Ms. Weiss put her seven year old overweight daughter on a strict diet for health related reasons; the child had high blood pressure. Interestingly, the internet has exploded with blogs and articles condemning Ms. Weiss and her methods.