Talk of changing habits!

R.I.P., Eugene Polley.

Eugene Polley, inventor of the wireless television remote control, has died at the age of 96, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Polley died of natural causes on Sunday in a Chicago-area hospital.

I wonder how Mr. Polley felt about the broadening of American and international backsides which resulted from his invention.

It’s a helluva convenience, no question about that, but sometimes when there’s a power blip it drives me crazy. As happened this morning. I had to press the cable button, then the power button, then the TV button, then the power button. Only then would the TV turn on and show me a program. Try to remember that sequence when you’re in a fog and haven’t had coffee yet.

Ah well. Thank you, Mr. Polley.