No, no, don’t worry. I’m not going to write 800 words. 800 words is a 2015 British tv series about a writer. I’m not sure about what kind of writer, but the title implies that he’s a column or blog writer. I’m only one episode in, so I don’t have all the details. The writers wife died and the writer, who is a dad to two kids plans on moving himself and the kids to a small New Zealand town. It seems that he may have, unlike me, been making a living from his writing. The town he’s moving to is a sleepy little beach town, which is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Not in New Zealand, but I’m not ruling it out yet.
Ok, I know most of you know this, but some might not know that my wife passed away about nine months ago and so far this year I’ve travelled to Mexico and Italy looking for a possible home. I’ve been home from Italy about a week and a half and suddenly Amazon puts this show in front of me. I swear that our Alexa devices are doing more than passively waiting for us to ask about the weather.
In the first six minutes of 800 Words the main character is writing “The experts on this stuff reckon that some of the most stressful things in life revolve around death, buying and selling real estate, emigrating and international travel. Only an idiot would do all these things at the same time.” Apparently I’m am that idiot.
So have any of you seen this show? Should I continue to watch it? Have you ever had experiences with your Alexa device when they seem to know much more than you’d like them to? I’m fine with what my Alexa knows though. I’m not planning any heists or being a serial killer. There you go; done in less than 400 words. Why won’t any website or newspaper publish my blog as a column and pay me for it? Maybe if I ask Alexa to sort that out she’ll find me an outlet looking to pay for content.
Thanks for listening to me ramble! Have a great Monday! ~Phil
