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Spiraling Upward

Hi!

My Mom isn’t getting any younger and my cousin in California got worried that I am no longer writing. My latest attempt at the All-American novel is set in suburbia. Here’s a taste:

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Stuck at home, Josh uses an old-fashioned Sunbeam blender to make vegetable smoothies for lunch. It’s all a question of adaptability and the luck of the draw. Evolution is based on one’s adaptability to the environment. Those who by lucky accident prove more adaptable to their environment than the rest of us win the evolutionary sweepstakes. Although, true, they may not have an easier time of it preparing lunch. The very attention deficit disorder that got Josh fired from his first three jobs has proved to be his good fortune. With his intensity of focus, he has become an app developer.

His first app, Aaaartist, is geared to us Bohemian writers. Simply put, whenever the words THE END appear in any document, all previous text is immediately deleted. Thus, you can brag about your creative juice without having to, you know, present anything in writing. The day has finally arrived when one is no longer unfairly judged by one’s peers, who make you feel bad. Forget all that! Use Aaaartist!

Joshy’s second app is a clear winner, if a little obvious in hindsight. Called Kitchy Kitchy Koo, it harnesses the vibrator function on your smartphone, allowing you to use it for erotic stimulation of your erogenous zones. Recently sold to one of the Big Four, this app has catapulted Josh into the class of the independently wealthy. Although not a zillionaire, he has discovered that he no longer has to work 9 to 5. Josh spends his days, instead, devising code. And utilizing Kitchy Kitchy Koo to hold his libido in check.

This is called adaptability to one’s environment.