21. And Thill pushed the buttons on a gizmo that emits various electronic noises supposedly of interest to animals. 22. And to put cold dollar signs on it, pushing some button is surely far cheaper than housing a murderer for life. 23. And yet you can simply push a few buttons and navigate a network much bigger and more complex than the Internet. 24. And unlike the electronic pets called Tamagotchis, the Tamagotcheratis will never die as long as marketing people are willing to push their buttons. 25. Anyway, you put a pair of Talkables on a kid, the kid pushes the button, and the sneaker makes sounds. 26. As Connor pushed other buttons, Arthur kept suggesting memory and self-esteem exercises. 27. As favors, give little metal cylinders that have nasty pointy things spring out when a button is pushed. 28. As he began pushing buttons on his large, fancy watch, he looked at me. 29. At midnight I pushed the button that closed the turbulent story of democracy with its poisonous commercials and slimy millions. 30. Bennett needed to push the button and could not. |