RIP Pay Phone? Not just yet. 
So here’s my favorite human interest story of the week.
Everyone knows the pay phone is clinging to life and just about ready to be buried in the technological cemetery. But today’s NY Times profiles one pay phone booth in Queens that is still alive and well.
According to the article, “Those who stepped into the booth provided a snapshot of New York’s pay phone user, an elusive, rather anonymous demographic sometimes viewed with suspicion.” And if you think about it, that description is so true. Its more and more likely that whenever we see someone using a pay phone we think “well that’s odd. why aren’t they just using their cell phone?”
Anyway, I really enjoyed reading this piece. The stories behind the story are really fascinating and humanistic.
Yesterday’s New York Times op-ed page contained a fun, quick 100 question quiz on 2009 in news, politics, music, film, books, etc. Its a good refresher for what went on these past 365 days. The online version is interactive, and you can see your results as you play along. Here it is. On that note, out with 2009 and in with 2010. Happy New Year!!!
(P.S. On the first section, which asks you to match a famous figure head with a quote of theirs, make sure you don’t confuse the words of Barack Obama with those of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. That would not be good.)
