The Pecan Park Eagle

Merry Christmas!

I’m Dreaming of a Summily Resistant Christmas!

“In an economy that is more social than ever before, it seems as if you have less time than ever before to simply sit down and read a news article.  To enable yourself to read articles at a quicker pace, try looking at an iPhone app called Summily.  This app uses an algorithm to extract key sentences and concepts from any given article and creates a short list of bullet points for you to read instead of the entire article!”

That’s the way one Internet reviewer described this newest innovation by the next 17-year old digital age genius. It’s an “app” that was literally invented to meet the needs of a generation that is too busy, too distractible, and too anti-reading, anyway, to waste time on whole thoughts in the age of Twitter and smart phones. Good! It’s about time we said “thumbs down” to anything that isn’t “hands on” to new experience. We all need that extra time from reading and slowly absorbing information through the written word to Tweet our “friends” on how we barfed all over our new clothes at lunch today.

What’s this “fiscal cliff” all about, anyway? – Whatever!

Why is it important for us to get our troops out of the Middle East? – Whatever!

Was that Kimberley I saw you out with last night – and does Jessica know about this? – Hold on, I’ll never be able to get all this explanation into one Tweet. – I’ll have to Text it!

(Respondent’s longer Text answer isn’t shown here, but this is what it looked like once Summily processed it to its shortest form: “Kimberly in. Jessica out. Except when Jessica’s in and Kimberly’s out.)

In light of these new “app” developments, I have decided to start and end my Christmas Greetings to you in its shortest form. If you are celebrating December 25th for any other reason, that’s cool, but any other reason has no bearing for me on my particular wishes to you – for you – on that day – and all the days that follow. Here it is:

“God. Love. Peace.”