I have been trying to coming up with new ways to use computer metaphors. I’m hoping David will chime in with his, and readers will chime in with theirs. Think of them as conversations you might overhear, or pieces that could be spliced into a million different sit-coms with a good laugh tape.

Is your brain on dial-up?

After the whole break-up thing, we had to reboot our relationship.

Hold on — let me shut off my hard drive.

I can’t remember — my brain is having a server problem.

Let’s put it this way — it takes his page a little while to download, if you know what I mean.

Let’s see if you can get your mind to right-click on this idea.