Going ... Down?

For those playing along at home, you are ...

• no more likely to die from an elevator accident than you were last week 
• still twice as likely to die from a lightning strike
• still 1000 times more likely to die by getting behind the wheel of a car

Do not fear the man who bites the dog.

Hater's Guide to "Tron: Legacy"

Ahhh, I do so love period comedies.  One thing that bothers me, though.  Jeff Bridges is like the only human in this digital world for 20 years.  Where does he ... well ... "download"?  I mean, you'd think it would kind of pile up after a while.

Actually, now that I think about it, maybe that's where Windows Vista came from.

Technophobia: The Early Years

"This invention of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories ...  The specific which you have discovered is an aid not to memory, but to reminiscence, and you give your disciples not truth, but only the semblance of truth ... they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing;  they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing;  they will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality." -- Socrates, on the dangers of writing

Conclusion:  Old farts admonishing that technology will turn our brains to mush is nothing new.

Never Go Full Hornsby

Check it out.  Mark Cohn, "Walkin' in Memphis."  Look like Hornsby.  Play like Hornsby.  Not Hornsby.  You know Ben Folds?  "Brick"?  Appalachian?  Sho'.  Hornsby?  No way.  Stevie Wonder?  Play the hell out of a keyboard.  Charm the pants off Obama.  Not Hornsby.  Never go full Hornsby.  You don't buy that?  Ask Vanessa Carlton, 2002.  "A Thousand Miles."  Remember?  Went full Hornsby.  Went home empty-handed.