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You May Never Learn The Names Of Any Of The People You Talk To In A Dog Park, Even After Many, Many Hours Spent There With Them, And Many Hours Of Conversation. But If - Knock On Wood - Anything Should Ever Happen To Your Dog, These Nameless Non-strangers Will Rally, Sympathize, Offer To Help, And Hold Your Hand. I Know This From Experience.

I Think The Real Reason Is That Life Has No Meaning. I Mean, No Obvious Meaning. You Wake Up, You Go To Work, You Do Stuff. I Think Everybody's Always Looking For Something A Little Unusual That Can Preoccupy Them And Help Pass The Time.

When I Heard About The Microsoft Kinect, Though, I Felt An Urgency Rising In Me. A Game You Played Without Touching Any Machinery? A Chance To Wave Your Hands Around, Minority-report Style, And Move Things Around On A Screen? This Sounded Like Almost Too Much Fun, With Gadget-y Pizzazz That Sounded Astonishing.

It Seems That Half The Point Of Being In Miami Beach - Particularly The Northern End Of South Beach - Is To Be Observed By People-watchers Like Me, And The Display Along Ocean Drive During My Visit Was, As Always, Sublime.

States Should Pass Laws Making It Illegal To Own Or Trade Wild Animals; The Phony 'educational' Permits That Many Private Owners Have Used To Skirt Those Laws Should Be Eliminated.