Day: September 24, 2017

What Really Matters

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14A93604-F897-4BD2-A57C-E51C56CDF94DThis morning at 3:44 a.m., President Trump ramped up his criticism of NFL players who refuse to stand for the national anthem, calling for them to be fired or suspended and slamming the league.

About a half hour later he claimed in another tweet that attendance at NFL games this year is down because people love our country.

Huh? It is true that attendance for the first two weeks of this season’s NFL games is down by about 8%. But I wonder if that might have anything to do with hurricanes Harvey and Irma? In fact, there were two fewer games so far this year than last year — one in Miami and one in Tampa Bay — because of Hurricane Irma.

Plus, with many homes without electricity in the immediate aftermath of those horrific hurricanes, is it any wonder that attendance and viewership are down?

But don’t be caught up in this Trump-manufactured controversy. It’s just a way to divert attention from the Russia scandal, from the latest attempt by the Senate to get rid of healthcare benefits for millions of Americans, and from the inexplicable way Trump is provoking a nuclear-capable North Korea and its dear leader, Kim Jong-un.

Don’t let yourself be drawn into these trumped-up distractions and diversions. Stay focused on what really matters.

My Battery Needs Recharging

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I do almost everything on my iPhone. I barely use my laptop anymore because it’s simply more convenient to use my smart, handheld device than it is to chain myself to my desk and use my laptop. And, honestly, there’s very little that I need to do on my laptop that I can’t do on my iPhone. I’m even writing this post on my iPhone.

I have an iPhone 6, which is about two-and-half years old. That’s about 75 in human years. So it’s old. But it works.

A few days ago I downloaded and installed iOS 11.0 for my iPhone. I did it not because there was anything wrong with iOS 10-dot-whatever that was previously running on my iPhone. It was working just fine.

iOS 11.0 seems to be working just fine, as well. And it does have a handful of new features, one or two of which might even be useful once I discover what they are.

But I’m not writing this post to brag about iOS 11.0. I’m writing this post to warn you about it. If you have an iPhone, and it’s not the latest, greatest iPhone, don’t download and install the new operating system. It consumes your battery life at an astonishing rate.

You know that little battery icon in the upper right corner of your screen? With iOS 11.0, I can literally see the battery draining. Since installing the latest OS, my iPhone’s battery is usually down to about 20% within just a few hours. Previously, the battery lasted most of the day before I had to set it aside for a little while to recharge it.

And, by the way, recharging the battery back to 100% takes longer with iOS 11.0. A lot longer.

I think the problem is that the new OS is designed to run most efficiently on the newest hardware. So I guess there’s only one viable solution to this iOS 11.0 problem.

I am going to pamper myself and purchase a new iPhone X in November when it becomes available. I’m sure that will solve my battery life problems and all will once again be right with the world.

Wriiten for today’s one-word prompt, “pamper.”