We're on vacation on Long Beach Island today for a week, and Ellen is sitting at the table earlier, playing an online game called "Runescape." To say she gets involved to the exclusion of all around her is an understatement. She's sitting there and apparently Dad tells her some dumb joke and she doesn't even look up. No acknowledgement of anything. So he tells her the joke again. Again, she pulls a Buster Keaton--great stone face. No reaction. Dad finally says "Ellen, can you hear me? I'm talking to you."
Ellen doesn't look up in saying, "yes, but i'm ignoring you."
Oh, boy.
Some things don't change...
YOU, my friend, need to get in touch more than once every decade...
Good to hear from you. Come visit.