There Will Always Be Vain, Obsessive People

My Ace In The Hole As A Human Being Used To Be My Capacity For Remembering Birthdays. I Worked At It. Whenever I Made A New Friend, I Made A Point Of Finding Out His Or Her Birthday Early On, And I Would Record It In My Filofax Calendar.

When I Was A Kid, Phone Calls Were A Premium Commodity; Only The Very Coolest Kids Had A Phone Line Of Their Own, And Long-distance Phone Calls Were Made After Eleven, When The Rates Went Down, Unless You Were Flamboyant With Your Spending. Then Phone Calls Became As Cheap As Dirt And As Constant As Rain, And I Was On The Phone All The Time.

I've Used Twitter Now And Again To Try To Figure Something Out; It's An Amazing Resource. But I Think You Have To Use It Judiciously: It's A Self-selected Group, So It's Important Not To Start Thinking Of It As The Whole World.

When It Comes To Consumer Electronics, I'm A Big Fat Sucker, Because Even Though I Know You Should Never, Ever Buy Anything Until The Second Version Of It Is Released, I Just Can't Resist. I Live In A State Of Perpetual Beta.

My Inspiration Is Really Very Simple: I'm Struck By Things That I Want To Know More About. I Really Do React Just As A Curious Person: Who Is This Person? What's The Story Behind This Situation? Why Do People Like This Or Dislike This Thing?