Is it live or is it Memorex?

‘Is it live or is it Memorex?’ What a dated title, eh? Oh well. I’m going with it.

Robert Siegel, from NPR’s All Things Considered, was interviewing George Clooney. When asked about the attention George receives from fans, George responds:

“I’ve walked with very famous people down red carpets over to the crowd of thousands of people,” he says, “and you’ll reach out to shake their hand and they’ve got a camera in their hand. And they don’t even get their hand out, because they’re recording the whole time. And you can tell people that you recorded Brad Pitt, but it would be very hard for you to say you actually met him, because you were watching it all through your phone. I think that’s too bad, because I think people are experiencing less and recording more.” Continue reading “Is it live or is it Memorex?”

Project 366: Day 46

I snapped this shot using my camera phone, so the photo today is not the sharpest or clearest. Because I am still a dumb phone owner (and proud), the quality of the photo is not ‘smart’.

Sometimes, on the way home from school, Joe asks if he can start his homework in the car. His teacher discourages doing homework in the car, because she wants to make sure the child is truly focused on the work at hand. Still, I have been known to say ‘yes’, when he asks to do his work in the car.

Monday afternoon, on the way home from school, Joe asked to do his homework. During the 30 minute drive home, Joe slowly lost focus… Continue reading “Project 366: Day 46”