..in the escape pod from the Yellow Submarine.

Alas, the decline of bookstores simply had to occur; we are past the inflection point for literacy by-any-definition. No, it's not much consolation to savour the memories of pre-Repo/MBA times.

I now suspect that the 'paperless' buzzword was just an interim step to the replacement of all bizness 'words' with Logos and icons, and a set of buttons with pictograms for official phrases;
"want fries with that" - being the size of the ENTER key. The fact that at least ONE MBA would listen to suggestions of this ilk: says it All.

Still.. and all:

Saturday's NY Times crossword featured a quotation, the theme of the puzzle:

Most Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.
Frank Zappa


I'd like to look on the bright side.. but