I’ve left my stick behind.
It was a new one, too – a 2gig flash drive; new, cheap, and loaded with a few important things… assignments, sermon ideas, photos and some music. And I’ve gone and left it behind. Detached Alzheimer’s? Complete memory loss?
It was last seen transferring a document to be printed in a library. Where else but a world of irony can you have A FORGOTTEN MEMORY STICK?
I can't believe how relient I am on things like a memory stick, a laptop computer and wireless internet access. Stupid, really.
I used to have one of those small electronic address books. It could hold more phone numbers that I really needed, reminded me of my own birthday, and had the top one hundred part-numbers that you need to know to repair a Boeing 747.
It was a big one, too – thirty-four kilobytes. That’s less than the average pointless-joke email now, and probably half the space that this note takes. A digital photo of a 747 is between 100 and 500 megabytes.
Why do we need so much memory? How many of my emails do I genuinely need to SAVE, and how many am I actually likely to remember… in my head?
A thirty-four kilobyte memory won’t get you too far today. So why couldn’t I remember a 2gig stick? Or – as my wife would dryly note – the garbage, some milk or my tablets?
What should I be remembering?
REMEMBER the Sabbath day, to keep it holy… (Ex20:8)
REMEMBER your Creator in the days of your youth… (Eccl12:1)
Is there any kind of memory loss that is actually worthwhile?
“I will REMEMBER their sins no more…” (Heb8:12 / Jer31:34)
Don’t forget to say your prayers tonight. Okay?
I used to have one of those small electronic address books. It could hold more phone numbers that I really needed, reminded me of my own birthday, and had the top one hundred part-numbers that you need to know to repair a Boeing 747.
It was a big one, too – thirty-four kilobytes. That’s less than the average pointless-joke email now, and probably half the space that this note takes. A digital photo of a 747 is between 100 and 500 megabytes.
Why do we need so much memory? How many of my emails do I genuinely need to SAVE, and how many am I actually likely to remember… in my head?
A thirty-four kilobyte memory won’t get you too far today. So why couldn’t I remember a 2gig stick? Or – as my wife would dryly note – the garbage, some milk or my tablets?
What should I be remembering?
REMEMBER the Sabbath day, to keep it holy… (Ex20:8)
REMEMBER your Creator in the days of your youth… (Eccl12:1)
Is there any kind of memory loss that is actually worthwhile?
“I will REMEMBER their sins no more…” (Heb8:12 / Jer31:34)
Don’t forget to say your prayers tonight. Okay?
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