My Amazon Echo arrived on Friday.... Oh my gosh!!! It's both creepy and fucking fantastic!

"Alexa! What is the news?"

Then she plays the headlines from NPR!

I'll be honest though, Alexa doesn't have the great sense of humor that Siri has. If you ask her childish questions like "Alexa! What is your favorite food?", she answers that she doesn't understand the question. At least Siri makes something up! Yes, I routinely ask available AI dumb questions. I'm 5 years-old.

You guys, I wasted an ENTIRE Saturday listening to comedy podcasts!  I moved from couch to the chair to another couch to a different chair.  Then I picked-up the Echo and took it in the bedroom when it was time to retire for the evening.

I didn't do anything productive while I was listening either,  I pretty much just listened while I had the TV on mute.

What did I listen to? Thanks for asking! I caught up on "The Smartest Man in the World" podcasts with Greg Proops, "The Todd Glass Show", "The Steven Brody Stevens Festival of Friendship", "You Make it Weird".... And a few more.

What do they have in common? They're all comedy and they're all LOOOOONG.

I need to figure out a way to listen to the podcasts while doing other stuff, like maybe cleaning up my filthy, filthy apartment. Doing two things at once is going to be a major challenge. Am I up for it? Probably not. I'll keep you posted.

"Alexa! What time is it?"

Alexa: "5:25 am"

Crap, I gotta get my act in gear and get my iced tea to go to work!!