East is east
Last night a woman at Union Square asked me which way was east. And I knew! And I don’t even have an iPhone!
Then I got to thinking about how east is relative. Are we east of Chelsea? Yes. But you could also say we are just really, really far west.
In a compass-free future, will they say “east?” Or just “E?” Will “east” look to them like “Thou” looks to us? Or maybe they’ll just call it “left?”
(photo via ouchiscool)

