Whoever invented Live Scribe is approximately 10 years too young.

If only this gadget geek had rolled out the recording pen circa 2001, I could have saved thousands of dollars in transcription fees, aspirin and caffeine.

Yes, I have a smartphone. Yes, I use the Voice Memo app to leave myself verbal notes, capture concert solos, and to prove to my husband that his snoring is obnoxious. But as cool as my iPhone is, it can’t integrate the notes I jot down with a pen to the conversation I’m hearing when I wrote it.

My explanation isn’t doing it justice, so I’ll excuse you for a second to go watch the video demonstration.

(mmmm …  you lie like the penny in the parking lot of the grocery store. It just comes way too natural to you …mmmm my daddy’s going to straighten you out like a piece of wire, like a piece of wiiiiiiire... )

Oh, hi! I see you’re back. Did I not warn you that was awesome? I only hope Kevin, Jacy, my brother, and Mike aren’t reading this because I’m about to go Christmas shopping, with the expectation that at least one of them will share it for a few hours.