When “Smart” is Not

One of my friends told me last night that she can’t get her new phone to work, doesn’t understand the instruction manual (which is bigger than the phone book that covered the entire town I grew up in) and feels “so stupid” because of it.

My observation:

Your phone was designed by an engineer in India, manufactured at a facility in China, and had its instructions written by a worker in Pakistan who had a semester of English at the American University in Cairo.

And companies somehow think that process can result in a ’smart’ phone?

That, ladies and gentlemen, is one of the reasons our economy is in the (made in China for an American by a EU investment firm’s holding-company-owned) toilet.

I don’t believe in protectionism. But this?

This is stupid.

Just my opinion…

And Now We Return To Our Regularly Scheduled Program

Sorry, Oh Best Beloved, for the span of silence. Sometimes things go even more south than usual – without warning, of course.

*sigh*

Hopefully, things will improve back to status quo. Rest assured that there are lots more flower photos to come, along with bunny updates.

And speaking of bunnies…

This shot of James, son of Stewart, was taken last fall as James was just entering his “tweens.” He’s currently thriving, in spite of an extremely bunny-unfriendly snow depth here, and numerous eagles and hawks daily patrolling our yard.

James, Stewart, Petunia, Big Sis, Juan and all the rest of the bunnies send their best long-eared whiskery wishes to our friend Kris, who is recovering from hip replacement surgery. Kris, when that hip heals, James wants the first dance. He can’t wait to see you bink!