Everyone who knows me, knows I’m always cold. I’m the only woman in the universe who went through menopause with a wool sweater on. I never had night sweats or perspired through my work or party clothes. Some days I wanted to. I was always chilled.

I’ve been cold my whole life. My mother thought there was something wrong with my circulation. The doctors told her I was fine. When Eliot and I moved in together, he promised to keep our New York City apartment steamy hot. He did, but I still had complaints. If he walked past me while I was watching TV, I felt a draft. The apartment temperature was 90 plus degrees.

Even though I now live in Miami Beach, where every day is broiling, I still have to deal with freezing supermarkets, restaurants and movie theaters. I continue to carry a sweater on my arm and socks in my purse, if I need them.

I recently heard of Embr Wave, a wearable personal thermostat that helps you feel more comfortable indoors. I found a story about it in Business Insider.

You wear it on your wrist and it takes three minutes to make you feel five degrees warmer or cooler.

Embr Wave is all about skin temperature. When you are cold, your body temperature doesn’t really change. Your skin temperature does. The company claims that if you put something warm against your skin, Embr Wave heats you up.

It makes sense to me. It’s similar to when you wipe your hands on a hot towel. It warms your whole body.

The idea for Embr Wave was created at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2013. A recent Kickstarter campaign raised $630,000. The company’s goal was $100,000. Intel and Bose also became major investors so this product must be good. It better be. It is priced at $300. That may seem like a lot to you. To me, there is no price I wouldn’t pay for comfort.

Don’t ever trust anyone who sells you a home with smart appliances. This holds true for renting Airbnb’s, vacation homes, or even a friend’s house. There are no guarantees that the people who initially set up smart home appliances aren’t watching you.

Watch the NBC news report in the YouTube video posted above. It explains that you should always erase all former settings in order to safeguard yourself from peeping toms. User names and passwords should always be changed. If you continue using the names and passwords, then you are taking chances.

I’m not being cynical. I’m being practical. Too many people who sell homes, or even landlords who rent, like to check up on their current and former properties. Don’t let anyone intrude on your life. They are breaking the law.

Good luck!

Image: The New York Times

The following story in the New York Times really has nothing to do with the digital world, art, or travel. It’s more about our age group and life in general.

We never know what to expect. I’m not complaining, but the highs and lows of the world we live in has me exasperated and very emotional. I’m not going to get into the insane challenges I’m dealing with on the job. That is to be expected. It’s the other stuff that gets to me. The shootings, the bullying, the insults, and the beatings, are just so aggravating. I pray for peace all the time.

I guess I was in a funky mood when I read the love story this morning. It was most unusual. I immediately wanted to share it with you because it’s about love, marriage, compromises and end of life decisions. I found it to be very real and very insightful. Not every family is the same, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate each other.

Click here for a good laugh, and for a good cry.

For the last few years, if someone wanted to make extra money, he or she could have become an Uber driver. Now, that person has options. Amazon will be offering jobs to folks who would like to get into the package delivery service. The company needs help delivering an increasing number of packages that are being ordered every day of the week.

Amazon will be providing delivery vans and uniforms with the name Amazon on them. Those folks who want to get involved will pay $10,000 to become an Amazon partner.

Amazon already partners with small and mid-sized delivery companies across the country in addition to UPS and the U.S. Postal Service.

It’s going to be very interesting to see how this new Amazon delivery service develops. If history repeats itself, the new concept is going to give a lot of people jobs and flexible working hours.

It all sounds good to me.