Yup. Huge. And it generated a lovely conversation with someone I know:
“You need to get a life!”
“Where did you get yours? I’ve looked on Amazon.com and haven’t been able to find one. I’ve even googled it. Nothing. Besides, if I get a life, I’ll have to get a death, and while that seems to be easier to come by, no one seems to really want one.”
“You know what I mean! You don’t go anywhere or do anything.”
“Yes I do. I go to places on the internet, where I hang out with lots of people, and we do stuff.”
“Such as?”
“Well, such as, we, um, well, we ogle guitars. Then we congratulate each other for acquiring them. Occasionally, we argue about certain features, likes and dislikes about them.”
“That’s not living.”
“Well it certainly is once you add in ogling amps and congratulating each other for acquiring them. And there are acoustic guitars and pedals. Pedal arguments are not for the faint of heart!”
“Sorry. That is not a life.”
‘What if we throw in discussions about cables? People don’t realize how important cables are.”
“No.”
“Well, what do you do that you consider to be a life?”
“I go to work and sell things to people.”
“Do you get to decide whatever it is you want to do all day?”
“No, my boss decides that for me.”
“Well, how is that a life? That’s your boss’ life, not your life. You need to get a life. Here, you can borrow my computer while I look out the window for the UPS man.”
