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GADGET HANKERING

Okay, I am feeling the tugs of "gadget wanting" - that is to say I want a toy. Only I don't think I am in the mood for one that has an instruction book and/or a lot of buttons; however, I don't want it to be too easy. You see, I bought an "Easy Button" on impulse when I was at Staples and I have to admit pushing it gets old very quickly; what is worse is having someone else push it - over and over again.

We had one of those robot families - mombot, dadbot, dogbot and so forth - a few years ago but they tended to need more tending than not, getting viruses and whatever. Still, I discovered that if you stood them face to face they would stimulate each other and make many vocalizations of a language of their own. This didn't bother me, but other people found it very annoying. In fact, I think Quentin took them into another room and buried them under afghans. They just sat there for quite some time and then my mother-in-law came and stayed in the room and her movements got them talking in the middle of the night.

Over the years, I have found them around the house . . . with their batteries removed.

I could program a new ringer into my phone, but I like the one I have now - "Honky Tonk Blues". I suppose I should get a more sedate one for certain locations and times, but since I'm a big fan of Logan's Roadhouse and peanut-throwing, the honky-tonky one just seems so . . . me.

Still, I do need an alternate one - what about "Bringing in the Sheaves"? No . . . probably not. Maybe a little Mozart.

posted by Jody @ 5:53 PM