In the home, these "personalized intelligence avatars" could help people check the weather, get directions, reserve a dinner table and even give a quick health check-up.
"He learned the hard way during the campaign that the media is unforgiving and points of view that would go unnoticed around a dinner table get blown up into 40-point headlines in the tabloids," said the press secretary, Edward Skyler, with more than a trace of rancor.
As much as I love to cook, if I'm going to get a dinner on the table before bedtime, I'll need help, and if breakfasts, lunches and snacks are going to involve something more complex than the toaster oven and a Pop Tart (I'm a little appalled by how Pop Tart dependent we've become), they're going to have to step up — and maybe more important, I have to give them room to step up.
Get all those views around a dinner table; pour them a few glasses of wine, and trouble can happen.
Michael Gross, New York To the Editor: I read with interest the article about the high bar to getting a coveted dinner table at the Waverly Inn.
"They promised an eight-course meal," he said, "but when we got to the dinner table, all we got was an appetizer".
All you have to do is chop your ingredients, heat up the wok and you've got a healthy dinner on the table with minimal effort.
Last night, I went out to dinner - I got a great table, by the way.
I believe better meals will make my family want to get to the dinner table, and one way to actually be a better cook is to just invest time to learn.
Everyone needs to get around the dinner table and talk about the day.
