Apple Made Me A Little "On This Day" Film...

Everyday for the past nine, almost ten years, I've sat down with my computer and picked out a photo to post on social media. Tonight, my phone informed me that something happened three years ago today and my phone assumed I would like to see what happened three years ago today.

My phone was right.

I am constantly amazed how incredible the world is in which we live. Especially technology. I know, I know...it's going to one day rise up and destroy us all, but until then, I can't help but be amazed.

The phone showed me a pictures of what happened three years ago. It took a bit, but I finally recognized the photos and videos. On August 18th, 2017 my son and I went to a party thrown by Tobin's Elite Academy of Martial Arts. It was a carnival for the parents and students of the academy. Truth be told, it was a little corny, but also cool.

My son took part in the outside games, then went inside where he practiced his Jedi skills on a balance beam. He did defeat a very young girl, as well as took flight from other opponents. My phone compiled the pictures and videos I took on that day and created a nice memento that I'm now sharing with the world. The phone-created video came with several soundtracks that I could choose, everything from sentimental to dreamy to epic. I went with the default.

I guess we're just supposed to accept all this cool stuff that comes our way, like humans have always had phones that can not only remember what you recorded years ago, but create a video presentation as a reminder--like it's always been this way. No...we live in amazing times.

Detailing With Decals...Almost Finished

Donk the Car needed something. It needed to improve its personality--nothing major...

But what?

Yes, it needed an Apple Computer decal.

Luckily, that's what we had.

Actually, we were doing some spring cleaning a few weeks ago and I found a set of Apple logo decals from an Apple Store purchase, most likely from when we picked up an iPhone. Since the decals were so small, I decided that Donk, the Subaru Forester would be adorned with a symbol of capitalism. 

Donks' previous owner had a decal on a side window from Big Sur, California. I've never been to Big Sur, California, but I liked the sticker. Before I bought the car, he said he'd remove the decal, but I told him to leave it--I wanted to keep it as a reminder of the previous owner, a memento to remind me of how good he took care of the car.

I've had Apple decals on most of my cars. The one that I had on my old car, a car now owned by my daughter, was showing its age, so I scraped off the old sticker, of which only half remained, and applied a new one. I probably should have asked for her permission to do that--I'm thinking this for the first time as I'm writing this--but I didn't. I hope it's okay.

I'm not a big "bumper sticker" guy. There's a lot of things I won't put on my car, political ads being one of them. And I suppose I could stop by just having the Apple decal attached to the rear window. But, it's not finished. There's one more thing I'd like to add to make Donk complete.

I need to find a DK or a Dannebrog decal. There's one on the family van (DK sticker) and there's a Dannebrog (Danish flag) on my daughter's car. Now, I just need to find one for Donk the Subaru. Then, if I never add anything else, that'd be okay.