Funeral Party

Ha. Laura and I call the gatherings around a funeral the "funeral party." It's a thing.

Grandpa's funeral was this past weekend. It was really great to see the family, both our side and Christine's side.

Christine's brother, George, was part-owner of Spoetzl Brewery in the 80's, and he runs a beverage distributorship now. He and his wife Teresa are SO funny and were the hit of Saturday night dinner., back at Kerstin's place. George told us some entertaining stories about Shiner, and clued us in to the reason Bock is everyone's favorite beer- its IBU (measure of hoppiness/bitterness) is about 11, while most beer, especially German bocks, are much higher. In other words, Shiner Bock is very smooth, and "Americans like their beer smooth."

So true!

The line of the night went to Teresa though. My aunt was talking about webcam security. Remember, Teresa is 80-something...

Aunt T: I always turn my webcam around when I finish a work meeting, because I've seen those stories on TV about hackers turning on your webcam when you're not even aware of it.
Teresa: What?! I hadn't heard that!
Me: Yeah, I used to have a webcam with a cover I closed. Now it's integrated with my computer, so I put tape over it.
Teresa: Well, I guess I better stop reading my email in my bra and panties.

Ahaha! Love it. That'll be me in my 80's.

(Oh. And let me just add this to the count of people mentioning it as an issue.)

#NotParanoid  #IToldYaToCoverYourWebcam