march madness
ESPN’s crawl during college b-ball games makes me crazy. It distracts so much from the game, I can barely concentrate on what’s happening. But it occurred to me, it might be a good idea for me to develop my own news stream. That way, when I’m talking to someone, I can start spouting current news and events to keep things lively.
Instead of focusing on the issue at hand, my unending litany of complaints about non-paying deadbeat clients or my latest last-ditch attempt to crash diet (if I eat only fruit and vegetables all day, do Girl Scout cookies still count against me?), listeners can instead look at the latest headlines: “Jermaine O’Neal Traded to Miami, D-Wade Ecstatic.” “Stoudemire House-Hunting in Chicago?”
The headlines, bold and honest, could rotate above my head while I’m talking, so friends could still pretend to make eye contact, nodding in agreement at my long-winded tales. It wouldn’t take much effort to convince them to look up there; today they can barely stop texting, answering calls or reviewing email to listen to me anyway.
I remember a world without cell phones.
Instead of focusing on the issue at hand, my unending litany of complaints about non-paying deadbeat clients or my latest last-ditch attempt to crash diet (if I eat only fruit and vegetables all day, do Girl Scout cookies still count against me?), listeners can instead look at the latest headlines: “Jermaine O’Neal Traded to Miami, D-Wade Ecstatic.” “Stoudemire House-Hunting in Chicago?”
The headlines, bold and honest, could rotate above my head while I’m talking, so friends could still pretend to make eye contact, nodding in agreement at my long-winded tales. It wouldn’t take much effort to convince them to look up there; today they can barely stop texting, answering calls or reviewing email to listen to me anyway.
I remember a world without cell phones.
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