The Test Button

🔊 Listen to this post &#xA; This morning I pressed the test button on a smoke alarm. &#xA; It is a ridiculous sound. Not noble. Not cinematic. Just a rude electronic shriek that says, in the least poetic way imaginable, yes, I am still here, and yes, I am willing to be annoying in order to save your life . &#xA; I admire that. &#xA; A lot of the most important things in life have this awkward…