Echoes of the Garage

November 9, 2026

Had a bacon, eggs, and beans breakfast and a cup of yesterday’s leftover coffee… AC humming… I feel relaxed and a bit tired.

I love tech. Awesome. But there was a time when not having too much of it was more awesome.

I didn’t get my first phone till I was 23 years old… so it’s been a bit. At that time smartphones weren’t a thing. Texting shit… was one letter at a time till your letter popped up, and then off to the next number to find your other letter. So calling sometimes seemed like the better option.

No social media… just people in your immediate life that you’d meet walking around in the world, at work, at school. No selfies.

I worked at Dodger Stadium years ago… and it felt so easy to make friends. I don’t even remember texting any of them, but I remember hanging with them. I’d get the number of a friend and call them… and boom, hangout. Never thought of texting.

Now it seems like you can have more followers on different social media platforms and yet it seems harder to hang, lol.

I remember a couple of us from Dodger Stadium went to the movies to see A Knight’s Tale. We just laughed and ate popcorn, and after it ended, we just hung out. I never thought about how to make friends, how to hang, texting them, or even liking any pics they took… ’cause that didn’t exist, lol.

We were young.

Anyways…

Enjoy your cup of coffee. ☕