Sunday

Guesty back writing on the old blog. Here sat in Thorn Towers one can contemplate many of the issues that beset this world of ours. Pomfrey my faithful valet has for years brought me the Sunday papers but since I have finally convinced him to take it easy and I am far to lazy to read them these days, I have taken to reading the news online, yes on the world wide web! I have one of these tablet thingy, made by some company named after a fruit, the dear lady wife bought it for me as a present. Of course I as I have said before I make out that I am sorely ignorant about technology but the truth is that I am actually quite savvy about computers.
Of course one would think that in many ways there is nothing but bad news, with the world in such a mess, as always and yet here and there there is a nugget of good cheer, some heartwarming story of good deeds or lost love.
I admit I,ll have no truck with all that social media nonsense. Why I would want to know where someone is or what they are eating etc is beyond me and I have no intention of getting involved. Tweets, Twitter, Instagram and all the other mediums through which people share what appears to be every waking moment, has no appeal for this old fart. As for selfies, recently in Crete, Lady Thorn and I noticed a number of people wandering round with "selfie sticks" what is this obsession with recording every place with you in it? We have also noticed, usually young women, have a preponderance to "pose" in some coy and cliched manner, whilst their picture is taken. I tried, for a laugh, to get the good lady to take one of me in such a pose but she walked off in disgust, although I did detect the faint look of a smile on her face!
So, yes, I understand technology and the many benefits it can offer but there is no doubt in my mind that if we are not careful it will become all intrusive and we maybe sucked into the ether never to return!