Okay. Last week the optical was — not “optical,” idiot, obstacle. Thank you. Last week the optical was I couldn’t use the laptop, so I had to [type it] on a cell phone. That was no good. This week, the new Optical is [to] write [this] whole thing in Google Voice typing. I’m talking to this stupid cell phone.
Just reminds me how much the way I use[d] [to] right these columns has changed over the years.
In ancient times, all my writing was shared by mouth. I called it talking. Other people called it oral composition, but that always sounded like having to do with kissing. ...