If Life Were a DVR

I don't fancy myself a lover of technology, but I do have to say the DVR is one of the greatest inventions.  No longer am I held captive by commercials or an entire show.  For instance, when watching Andy Griffith I can skip Henry Winkler (aka the Fonz) pitching reverse mortgages to old people.  Or maybe while watching American Idol you don't want to see Nikki Minaj play with her hair one more time....Fast Forward!  While watching Ellen, I can skip ahead if I really don't care about Mario Lopez's pets.  It's great!  Now I either DVR a show or watch public television that doesn't have commercials.
People will often ask me if I have seen a certain commercial to which I must reply "I don't watch commercials."  You can cut almost an hour off a two hour show by skipping commercials.

So this got me to thinking about the possibility of life being recorded on a DVR.  How wonderful it would be to either skip ahead to avoid a winter that is getting too long (like this one) or I would love to skip to June 1st so our renter would be gone.  You could also reverse so you could spend another day with loved ones that are gone or revisit your childhood.  One might also want to spend some time with your children when they were young; just one more day watching them play in the park or snuggle in your arms. There is nothing like new love so wouldn't it be awesome to go back to the first few days of a new romance.
  Of course, the rule would be that you couldn't change a thing; all would be left as it was.  You wouldn't have the option of fast forwarding through the bad parts.  You would also have to fast forward to reality once again.  Well, I know this is a pipe dream but awful fun to think about. 
Thought for the day:  “No man is rich enough to buy back his past.”    Oscar Wilde