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Thursday Thirteen - Thirteen Modern Conveniences I Love

(1) Cell phones - they make life so much simpler.  No need to leave phone numbers of where I’ll be or get the number of where someone else will be.  I just call their cell number - and the call goes right to them wherever they are.

(2) TiVo -I just didn’t realize what I was missing until I got it a few months ago.  Only $5 a month and worth every penny!

(3) Television - It has its bad aspects, but with good judgments, it can be fun and beneficial.

(4) Radio - I only listen to it in my car, but it sure makes the trip to and from work each day more enjoyable.

(5) GPS System (I don’t have one, but my daughter does, and I love driving her car and seeing the progress of the car on the little GPS map)

(6) Computers - Word-Processing, spreadsheets - I can’t believe I used to use typewriters all the time - with correction tape or fluid.  It’s so much simpler now to write.

(7) Email - So convenient and allows people to keep in touch more easily.

(8) My car - I’ve had a convertible for the past six years, and I love it.  There’s just nothing like the wind in my hair on a warm spring day.  It is a feeling of freedom.

(9) Flush toilets - When I think of how people had to live prior to the invention of flush toilets . . . .nahhh don’t want to think about it. 

(10) Internet shopping - Except for groceries I don’t go shopping very often.  It’s so much simpler to order whatever I need online.  And eBay is a great way to buy and sell things.

(11) Voice mail/answering machines - no worries about not being there to receive an important phone call.

(12) My Keurig coffee maker - The single cup thing is wonderful.  I can make a single cup of coffee or chamomile tea or vanilla decaf coffee - or whatever K-cup I happen to want at the time.  One of my better investments.

(13) Showers with lots of hot water.  Really, there’s not much better than a warm shower at the end of a long day.

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Elliot is still in the running, and that is just bizarre.  He’s awful, and yet Randy, Paula and even Simon week after week act like he’s God’s gift to music.  I don’t understand it.  He’s got a good voice - not outstanding and certainly not unique.  His voice is the classic night club singer or karaoke singer - maybe a soloist at church or at weddings or such.  But an American Idol?  No way.

Last night I did something I have never done before.  I actually voted.  I kept dialing until I had voted four times for Catherine because I figured she was the underdog after the judges criticized her so much, and I was afraid Elliot had enough loyally deaf fans to sneak past her.  It never even dawned on me that more people would vote for Elliot than for Chris.  Chris is so far beyond Elliot in talent.  He has a unique sound whereas Elliot is completely forgetable.

Oh well.  I guess it doesn’t matter.  SURELY there is no way Elliot will win.  Surely there aren’t THAT many crazy people in America.  I think tonight’s results pretty much sealed the deal for Taylor.