We're wrapping up the day at the Rock Bottom cafe, as the rain keeps falling on shiny streets. The pub is one of Carolina's micro-breweries with some pretty good food. A spot with music over the speakers, a dozen flat screens set on different channels throughout the bar, free Wi-Fi. Takes the wonder out of America's multi-tasking culture. Eat, drink, converse, tweet, update status, check a fact, post a comment, all in a blink of an eye. Maybe it's good, maybe it's not so good. At the forum the other day, the woman sitting next to me tweeted, photo-edited, facebooked and emailed for 90 minutes straight, all while supposedly taking in the discussion. Kind of common maybe, but for expats like us, kind of unusual too. When you are out and about with people, it's best to give them your full attention. The conversation in the room is always way better than those going on somewhere you are not. Especially when you can eavesdrop on talk going on in the booth behind yours....
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