Electronics Meltdown
Necessary Roughness is one of my summertime guilty pleasures. I went to high school with girls like Dani; the sets are as much fun for me as the stories. It's often puerile but just as often it's profound. Sometimes, like last night, it hits me right where I live. A bit of backstory is required. I won a Kindle Fire several months ago. I have some books on it, but screen time is not the same as holding a book on my lap so I rarely use it as a literary aide. Instead, I have downloaded games... many games... far too many games.... and it has turned into a monumental time suck.... worse than Facebook. I tried to play Words With Friends, but I don't always use the device in a wifi zone so that was a short-lived experience. Solitaire and Free Cell are stalwart standbys, always ready in a pinch. But the real problem, the headache, the just one more game and then I'll start to make dinner, is contained in Word Drop. It's simple, really....