To Hvae And Hvae Not

 Technology is your friend. I have tried to make this case for years. Decades even. This has a lot to do with the fact that I have spent my grownup life teaching chldren to use machines to help them learn. I passed this appreciation along to my son, who now works putting devices together and taking them apart to make other people's lives with technology easier. Better. 

I live in a house where I shout requests to the ether with the expectation that a series of machinations and lights come on or TVs spring to life. Just a few years ago I was burdened with light switches and remote controls. Now I can relax and have the Googles do my bidding. 

I am living in the future. 

At the same time, as I was typing that first line, I absently wrote "hvae." Before I could notice the mistake, there was a flash on my screen and magically that unknown word became "have." I didn't do that. The Googles did that. They obviously didn't want me to suffer the indignity of a typo. Then, when I decided to relate this to you all, the machine decided that I obviously didn't have a clue when it comes to the word "have." But of course, what I meant to write was "hvae" because it was the point I was trying to make. Then again, as I was explaining my explanation, the machine gods "helped me out" again. 

Thanks, Googles. 

Still, more often than not, these bits and pieces of electronic assistance are clever and appreciated. And they don't come with an animated paper clip that says something like, "It looks like you're trying to show off your sense of humor." We're living in the future where things are easy, or at least easier. Except when you hvae to make things work off the edge.