Fast walkers of the world, unite!

Ed Driscoll weighs in, tongue-in-cheekily, that perhaps conservatives don’t like iPods. Heck, George Will thinks so. Well, I don’t have any use for mine but I can’t say that’s a political choice.

When I first got it, a couple of years ago, I was excited by the possibilities. I loaded up some songs, but on my running gear, and headed out the door. Boy, that was disorienting. I could not hear traffic. I wasn't sure if someone was behind me. I just felt separated.

Thanks to Yahoo! Music! Unlimited!, I have all the tunes I need at both work and home. Do I really need to be fully rocking to the new Strokes record in between? Nah.

My friends are shocked. Everyone I know who has an iPods loves it. I agree the design is amazing and I love to check out other people’s iPods. And I love the cultism enthusiasm that surrounds it!

The real pet peeve of mine is people who are unaware of their surroundings. Usually this takes the form of someone walking too slowly in front of me, or ogling forever at the counter in the café. We fast-walkers are an impatient bunch. When I lived in NYC for a summer, I found that I was among my people.

Back here in provincial San Francisco, a lovely town that aspires to be a city, well, I spend a lot of time trying not to run over people. The earbuds make it worse. Perhaps I expect too much, but every once in a while, I notice a fellow fast-walker that navigates crowds better than I. We share a glance of mutual understanding.

Are you one of us?

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