I need a mind-reading machine
I always have impossibly witty and intelligent posts written in my head, but they never sound quite as witty and intelligent put down on paper. Something unfailingly gets lost in translation.
One possible solution is to just speak my thoughts out loud and capture them with some sort of recording device. This would backfire, though, because I’d first have to set up the recording device, and that would make me self-conscious, which in turn would render me unable to articulate my sentences exactly the way I’d formulated them in my head.
If anyone ever invents a mind-reading machine, be sure to let me know, okay? Thanks.
Heh. I want the same thing. My reasons are a bit different. I keep getting great thoughts, usually on just how I’d like to phrase a transition for a piece I’m working on, in the shower. Short of a thought translation device, I may need a shower friendly voice recorder.
Comment by kevin — July 18, 2005 @ 9:31 pm