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Am I the only one who is curious to look over her shoulder & read the book of a lady who's on page 128 of her paperback book?  Wouldn't your curiosity nudge you beyond the bounds of unwritten social codes of conduct?

I could get my own copy & start from the start, but somehow it seems more interesting to join in where she happens to be, here, as we pass Finsbury Park station on the somewhat crowded train to Kings Cross.

The sky is unusually bright and light blue, with only whispy hints of cottoncandy-like clouds on the other side of our speeding train's window.

Now another woman has sat down in our carriage, & I'll be much less conspicuous if I look at her book as she is Right Next to me.

Oops, I tried to snatch a glance (I only wanted to see the title!) & she immediately drew her paperback into her, like a vulnerable child needing protecting from a worringly weird stranger and his (my) rude, prying, eyes.

It would be so smart, it'd be called "Genius" (but I'm not dreaming up any new features here, just a consolidation of the best of all that's out there.  My dream gadget will need another writeup on another day.

It need to have Apple's wealth of Apps and slick and beautiful design (both hardware and user interface).  It'd be as thin as the iPhone4 with the camera from the new Nokia N8.  It's have the Nokia's radio transmitter so I can listen to all my MP3s from a nearby radio (in car, etc.) with no wires.  It'd have a MicroSD slot so I could increase the storage size and it would allow content to be copied like every other phone (except Apple) by either mini USB, or, let's be genius, over WiFi and 3G!

The battery would be at least 40% better (like the iPhone4OS says it will be) with all the SatNav and motion sense and top quality touch screen and gyroscope.

The iPhone MP3 interface is the bets I've seen.  The 30 second rewind button is invaluable for listening to podcasts.  But subcribing to RSS is stupidly only available from iTunes on a non-mobile computer that's in sync with the phone!

If you are a non-US viewer and are using Firefox, install the following
addon: http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/967
then:
1) In Firefox, Go to tools->modify headers
2) From the drop down box on the left select add
3) Then enter: "X-Forwarded-For" in the first input box without the quotation marks
4) Enter: "12.13.14.15" in the second input box without the quotation marks
5) Leave the last input box empty, and save the filter, and enable it http://imgur.com/Feb4.png
6) Click the 'Configuration' tab on the right then proceed to check the 'always on' button.
Close the Modify Headers box and it should work.

I hear Mr. Tobolowsky has a google alert set to email him whenever a new website is indexed with reference to his name.  That made me think to put up a blog post here to see if he finds this!

So, my latest favouritist most excellentest storyteller is Mr. Stephen Tobolowsky, the actor who I recognized in two or three films, but who's actually been in hundreds!

Plus he was born in Dallas (like me!) and he's a lovely friendly guy and very intelligent and thoughtful.  His podcast is so inspirational and uplifting and rewarding.  If that isn't enough, Mr. T answered my fanmail email!

Here's a little summary of some of my fave episodes:

Groundhog Day: get a behind the scenes story of the monumental film, a bit about the process and a unique view of the director and Bill Murray.

        Into the Wild
        An Education
        The Time Traveler's Wife
        Revolutionary Road
        500 Days of Summer
        Enemy Of The State
        The Reader
        The Conversation
        The Shipping News
        Shaun Of The Dead
        Unforgiven
        Being John Malkovich
        The Bridge On The River Kwait
        Once Upon A Time In America
        Michael Clayton
        Parenthood
        Adaptation
        The Usual Suspects