Today at Tuttle Club LA, David A. said to David G., "Shabbat Shalom. Can I call you tomorrow or do you not pick up your phone on Shabbat?"

"Yep."

"Ok, I will call you on Sunday then."

I waited for Mr. A to go away and I turned to David G., "That's cool! If you don't pick up your phone on Shabbat, then I take it you don't turn on your computer?"

David G, "Yes, that's right. No computer, no phone, no iPhone, no..."

Me, "How wonderful."

Really, how wonderful. I didn't ask what he and his family did about emergency calls or anything of the like, instead I asked him if he had read a lot of books recently and he had.

Right now, after months of working on one big project and several smaller ones, of which I am tying up the loose ends of all of them, I would *LOVE*LOVE*LOVE* to take one day a week where I did not turn on the computer or phone or whatever, but instead took the whole day off and just rested.

I need it. I don't need a 2 week vacation right now, what I need to do is to carve out one whole day every week that I don't even do a smidgen of work at all. A day where I read or sleep or hang out with friends or walk or whatever but not turn on the computer or phone.

At the end of Tuttle, David G. asked, "Are you Jewish?"

Me, "No, but I really respect it."

Right now more than ever.

Shabbat Shalom.