2nd Tier Alexa

Have you ever been awake at 3:00 in the morning trying to remember some obscure fact? Like, for example, the name of that actor that in Hamilton who also played the brother on Blackish? He did some commercials with Muppets too. You know the one. 

I considered waking my husband up to ask him. He’s like a walking IMDB for this sort of stuff. Uncanny. He’d know for sure, but waking him up to ask seemed extremely unwise. Like extremely. 

I considered actually getting up and looking it up online, but that was really too much effort. That’s when I got the idea for my next gig: insomniac information source! I would be the person folks could call with these odd questions that really drive you nuts at the time. If I didn’t know the answer, I would just look it up! Such a great, useful service.

Unfortunately, that’s when I remembered Alexa. Sigh. Someone had got there first. Another great idea just a smidge too late. She has the advantage of never needing sleep herself. (Spoiler: she’s not a real person.)

I was a bit down for awhile until I remembered when I asked Alexa about the timing for sheep shearing, something I evidently needed to know at some point. Her answer was, “I’m still learning about sheep.”  Excellent! Even better: I would be Alexa’s second tier service! When the front line doesn’t know the answer and needs to call in someone with more experience, I would step in! 

This idea is even better because Alexa actually knows quite a lot, so it should be an easy gig for me. How often do people ask about shearing sheep anyway? 

Note 1: it occurs to me that “Alexa’s 2nd Tier” is the same as “Librarian”, but without the pesky requirement of a degree.

Note 2: Daveed Diggs