Digital Divorce
A day late and a dollar short. That about said it, didn't it? The story, the tragic story of his life. In spite of the advice, the endless, unasked for, persistent, advice, replete with the expected words: " Plan. Prepare. Save. Economize. Think ahead . . . " All of it so predictable and uninteresting to the point of boredom and exhaustion. He would not be predictable. He would be original, surprising, unexpected, one of a kind, one in a million! No, one in ten million. That last thought resonated, felt just right, the perfect description of his aspiration: one in 10 million which was another way of saying " absolutely unique, special, idiosyncratic, quirky." Quirky? No! Not quirky. His stomach roiled at the thought. Where did that come from? Well, Siri was always scrolling in his head, producing the right words, the perfect word, until suddenly she went off the rail...
