There is a saying that we only use 10% of our brain. That may have been true before, but I think I may be down to about 6% now. I’ve stopped thinking. I’ve really stopped thinking.
Remember before cell phones when we actually had to remember peoples phone numbers? How long ago was that? Now the phone remembers and we hold on to it like life itself. Its kinda sad… I have more than 100 numbers in my phone and if it died, there are only 2 phone numbers I would remember. 2! How many would you remember?
You are probably wondering where all of this is coming from. Well! Let me tell you…
One of the best things about my car is the GPS system… I call it “the pathfinder lady”. (By the way, have you ever heard one with a male voice???) I appreciate the technology, but like my cell phone, ever since I got it, I’ve stopped thinking.
A while back, my cousin came to visit and asked me to give her a ride to the train station… a trip I made a million times when I lived in Baltimore. Instead of taking the time to think, I turned to the pathfinder lady. “Oh great and powerful pathfinder, take me where I want to go” In her sweet calming voice she said to me ” follow the highlighted route… then when possible, make a legal U-Turn” Great, I thought. We are on our way.
20 minutes, 15 turns, and 10 very scary downtown Baltimore streets later, I was at a train station. But not the one I wanted. AAAAAAAARRRGGGGGHHH! Pathfinder Lady brought me to the wrong place! LOL. After I finally got to the right place, my cousin (who nearly missed her train) turned to me and said ” the GPS is great, but it only works if you know where you are going“. Ent that the truth! You gotta love family! Thanks Cuz. 🙂
My Simple Life in Ithaca 