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Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

"Grandma just texted back some acronym I've never heard of. What's HUH?"

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

'3 Second Loading Zone.'

'My name's Google and I'm being inundated with requests for information about every damn thing imaginable, by people I don't even know...It's endless!'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Teacher pointing to P,Q, on board: "OK class, which letter comes next? Redbeard, you should know this."

'For those with books, open and follow along. For those with laptops, follow me on Twitter.'

"Thanks for walking a mile in my shoe but it's beginning to hurt now."

Girl with smart phone enters door that says "Social Media Studies"

'I didn't do my homework because I forgot my user name and password.'

"No, I really thought each sentence ended with an emoji!"

A is for App...B is for Blogger...C is for Celebrity.

"Miss Rogers told me I have a personal 'cloud' to store knowledge in."

Likes: $2.

'I can't wait 'til hunting is googling and gathering is calling out for delivery.'

'Charlotte's Website' ('The children's book classic rewritten for the electronic era!')

"I don't know what else we can do. He won't look up from the screen!"

'Nurse, why is there always a fly in my ointment?'

"But how do I accomplish that in 140 characters or less?"

"You be the moral grandstander and I'll be the politically incorrect troll."

"Pokemon...Pokemon...Pokemon...."

"Mum! - T.S. Eliot - 'Humankind cannot bear much reality'."

"Since he got that thing, he mostly just kills time."

Ninedency: A budding tendency

Real Life/Surreal Life

Updated Classis: Alice Through the You Tube.

'There's no art to the mind's construction on Facebook, Macbeth.'

'Hey...remember T.V.?

"I'm starting my own delivery service. Is there anything you want to borrow from my Dad?!"

"I find it so stimulating to learn new software."

'I bought him to retrieve my e-mails.'

"It's great to see Biff; Socksie the cat is out of the bag..."

Computer games

'This computer has a fast modem, the latest Pentium, increased RAM, a huge hard drive and broadband connections. Only one problem...slow pointer fingers.'