Baseball Toaster was unplugged on February 4, 2009.
scott@scottlongonline.com
I had the most vivid dream. I'm not one for remembering dreams despite my Jungian bent, so this is unusual. I think some of it may be aided by my recent discovery of Pzizz. I was in the midst of an Energizer Nap when I got this amazingly clear dream. I was standing in a club -- a nightclub, dance club, whatever you want to call it -- and everyone was dancing. Except there was no music. Everyone had on iPods and was, very literally (for a dream), dancing to the beat of their own drummer.
I have no idea what it means, or whether it's a business plan.
Explain that one to me. On second thought, don't.
On one hand, I like that "collective drummer" thought.
On the other hand, it reminds me of the Borg.
The Borg thing isn't as far off as you'd think. They've already taught a monkey to use a joystick just by thinking about it. How much different is an iPod from a joystick? Not much.
I'd be willing to bet that within my lifetime, or at least my kids' lifetimes, you'll be able to run Google queries and type and send email and listen to your iPod just by thinking about it.
Or even better, let's trade Vigoda in Star Trek for Samuel L. Jackson in Star Wars. Vigoda would have been a perfect Jedi, and I'd love to see Jackson taking on Jean-Luc Picard.
"We're the m--f--'in Borg, m--f--er! Resistance is futile!"
Scott's letter to Penthouse may have helped.
And, in an unrelated comment, I once had a dream that I was playing in the World Cup and refused to be subbed out because a professor for a class I hadn't been to in like three weeks was waiting on the sideline. But I did manage to score a goal.
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