This morning, like most Fridays, I take my daughters to breakfast before school (the boy hangs at home with mom. No preschool on Fridays)
My oldest is now 10. And these days she is selling me hard on why she wants a phone.
This morning was no different.
I’m not ready to give her one yet. And i gave her my reasons.
Then she asked “dad, when did you get your first phone?”
I replied, “I didn’t get one until I was 22”
She laughed “hey, tell me the truth!”
I say “I am. Really”
She pipes back “I’m gonna ask grandma when she first bought you a phone”
I then say “look, Sophia, they didn’t even have cell phones when I was your age”
Her reply - “no way”
One day this kid is going to be soooooo embarrassed…by that clunky TV.
(via ihatemyparents via peyotecoyote)
- Me: What are these things in the picture?
- Dandara: It's tape. Like from a tape recorder.
- Me: Yeah? Tell me more.
- Dandara: It's coming out. It's like when you take pictures there used to be tape. Or something.
- Me: You sure that's what it is?
- Dandara: Well, I don't know. Maybe it's a battery.
Over at Wired, one of the GeekDad’s has compiled a nice list called “100 Things Your Kids Will Never Know About.” Here are some highlights:
-Libraries as a place to get books rather than a place to use the Internet.
-Screens being just green (or orange) on black.
-Neat handwriting.
-Swimming pools with diving boards.
-Looking out the window during a long drive.
-Actually being able to get a domain name consisting of real words.
-Kentucky Fried Chicken, as opposed to KFC.
-Finding books in a card catalog at the library.
-Shopping only during the day, Monday to Saturday.
-Not knowing who was calling you on the phone.
-Starbuck being a man.
-Betamax tapes.
The list has gotten a lot of comments and Diggs, which I find heartening, considering that the whole thing reads a little like the contents page of Obsolete. I’d venture to say, however, that my effort is more devoted to the cause: unlike this free-to-read list, my musings come in the form of a book that will likely have to be paid for with money—and cash and books, of course, are both discussed therein. According to Wired’s Chris Anderson’s new book, Free, the notion of paying
for any kind of product at all might be obsolete all together. Anderson has been accused ofplagiarising Wikipedia in his book. Do you really want to support the theories of a plagiariser? If you don’t, then I’d suggest going straight to Amazon in order to spend old fashioned PayPal money on a pre-ordered edition…
I should mention that Obsolete started as a Washington Post Magazine article that can still be read online, free-of-charge.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Anna Grossman is writing this bio in the third person. She is a New York-based freelance writer specializing in lifestyle and entertainment features. She is 5'7" and has been described as "nice." Su esposo, Jesus, enseñandola Espanol. Email her if you feel like it: GrossmanAJ@Gmail.com
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James Gulliver Hancock is an internationally acclaimed artist who crosses as many mediums as he does borders. James is constantly on the move, having been involved in artist projects and residencies in Indonesia, Austria, France, the U.K. and America. He is currently located in Los Angeles and works on projects in Europe, America and Australia. His work is as varied as his travels, encompassing editorial illustration for magazines, commissions for music group artwork and animations, work with disabled children on logo designs, creating gigantic set illustrations for performances and TV.
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