Thursday, November 7, 2019
"UNCOMMON TYPE: SOME STORIES" By TOM HANKS
"Our Town Today With Hank Fiset"
"Your EVANGELISTA , Esperanza"
Excerpt: "WHY GO ANALOG?...The only negative? 'My friends had to be taught how to get ahold of me.'..."
Excerpt: "WHY GO ANALOG? 'My email was hacked,' Esperanza told me. By who? 'The Russians? The NSC? Fake Nigerian princes? Who knows. My data was stolen. My life was such a mess for months.' These days she uses the internet sparingly and has an old flip-style flip phone, with which she can text but which she prefers to use the old-style way-by getting and receiving actual telephone calls. She never has to ask for the wi-fi password. And as for Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, et al.? 'Gave them up', she says, almost bragging. 'When the hack happened and I went off social media, my day gained, like, six hours! I spent so long checking my phone every few minutes. Never mind how much time I wasted playing SnoKon, catching colored balls of ice in a little triangle cup for points.' The only negative? 'My friends had to be taught how to get ahold of me.' What is written, exactly, on that typewriter of hers? 'Lots! I have a big family. Birthdays, the nieces and nephews get a letter and a five- or ten-dollar bill. I write memos for work that I either copy or rewrite and email at the office. And here...' She held up a page filled with the neatest, most perfectly formatted document you could ask for. 'This is my grocery list.'...
"Your EVANGELISTA , Esperanza"
Excerpt: "WHY GO ANALOG?...The only negative? 'My friends had to be taught how to get ahold of me.'..."
Excerpt: "WHY GO ANALOG? 'My email was hacked,' Esperanza told me. By who? 'The Russians? The NSC? Fake Nigerian princes? Who knows. My data was stolen. My life was such a mess for months.' These days she uses the internet sparingly and has an old flip-style flip phone, with which she can text but which she prefers to use the old-style way-by getting and receiving actual telephone calls. She never has to ask for the wi-fi password. And as for Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, et al.? 'Gave them up', she says, almost bragging. 'When the hack happened and I went off social media, my day gained, like, six hours! I spent so long checking my phone every few minutes. Never mind how much time I wasted playing SnoKon, catching colored balls of ice in a little triangle cup for points.' The only negative? 'My friends had to be taught how to get ahold of me.' What is written, exactly, on that typewriter of hers? 'Lots! I have a big family. Birthdays, the nieces and nephews get a letter and a five- or ten-dollar bill. I write memos for work that I either copy or rewrite and email at the office. And here...' She held up a page filled with the neatest, most perfectly formatted document you could ask for. 'This is my grocery list.'...
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