Tuesday Tirade: New Year, New Gripe.

Leon Stevens

Jan 2

Too soon after New Year's to go on a rant? I didn't think so.

Decades ago, ringing in the new year meant you inevitably ruined many cheques (checks if you are in the US) by writing in the previous year. But with advancements in science, the human population is no longer burdened with the difficult task of, well, remembering.

Remember when you had to remember phone numbers? Now if we lose out phones, what do we do? If we borrow a phone, its a pretty good chance all our favorite numbers won't be in it. How about, looking for a payphone? Wait, a payphone? What the heck is that? Even if there is one left, it will cost $0.25 to call, but who has change anymore?

I used to save my change and at the end of the year I would go to the bank (who goes to the bank anymore?) ask for coin rolling paper (which were actual sheets which took a certain amount of skill to wrap around the stack of coins), and spend the next few hours counting and rolling before bringing the heavy bag of coins to deposit to your savings account.

But those aren't really gripes or complaints, are they? How about this: I just peeled a hard-boiled egg and wound up with 1/2 an egg because most of the white came away with the shell.

Stupid egg.

-Leon

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/