Soon, if you buy one of our print book versions from Amazon, you may find it delivered by ‘air mail’ so to speak. Amazon has announced that it is working diligently on having drones deliver packages of less than five pounds directly to your door. Apparently, they think they will even be able to have the drone put it in your garage. Do I have to give them my garage door opener, or are they gonna be so smart they can pick the electric lock circuitry?
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I’ve always been a fan of monogamy and fidelity, but I have strayed now and have two women to deal with. You see, I have recently acquired a second Alexa. I need to figure out how to rename one of them, because they both respond in slightly delayed stereo when I call their name --or even use it in passing conversation not related to them. I have to whisper quietly in their “ear” if I want only one to respond, and you might imagine how weird that appears if someone is visiting me while I do that. I’ve tried separating them like I did with fighting children. It works to some extent, but inevitably one hears something and wants in on whatever is going on with the other. I’ve looked into renaming them, but there are only two more choices…”computer” and “Amazon.” Both of those words come up in conversation to be ‘overheard’ and responded to more often than even the name Alexa does. I need to name one something like “Rumplestiltskin.” It would also be nice to have a man’s name to choose from so that all this servitude Alexa provides isn’t viewed as a sexist issue. I’d hate to be brought up on some charge of discrimination by a fired up left-wing group of women. So, at this moment I’m stumped and a perfect solution escapes me. I guess whispering in Alexa’s ear is all I can do for now. I’d just like to let you all know that we’ve released a new book that is a collection of short stories. Short stories have had an up and down reception over the last fifty years or so. They used to be quite popular and then seemed to be eclipsed a bit by a plethora of novels and then of course the deluge of video games and movies that we’ve experienced. I’m rather happy to see the resurgence of the short story form’s popularity. Short stories take many forms. Some can be rather long even, and can tell quite a tale. Others are often so short that they are more of picture painting exercise. For us in this fiction collection, the short stories mostly are a chance to look at a unique event in detail. They specifically center around the Becker characters we’ve used in our Park Ranger series, and you can look for a new release of a novel in that series soon as well. Happy reading! |
Greg
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