Thu, 13:09: My deeply Christian mother, ever-paranoid about technological advancements resulting in "the mark of the beast"—not long ago she literally demanded that I promise her I would never allow a bar code to be tattooed anywhere on my body—would have been terrified by news like this. I guess it never occurred to Biblical authors that they could just scan our hands. Who needs bar codes!
(Anyone who even owns a smart phone today and freaks out about this is truly being an idiot. Or, arguably, anyone who merely has a social security number.) Amazon brings its palm-scanning payment tech to Whole Foods
Thu, 13:21: I'm so down to earth I'm full of fertilizer
