Google bought my friend's face for $5 ZDNet

My engineer friend George is taking a break to work on himself. Personally, I've always liked him the way he is, but he insists that he could and should be better. Did I mention he's an engineer? So he spends his time taking esoteric self-help classes and sitting around New York, watching his fellow humans help themselves to the joys of summer life. Occasionally, people come up to him and chat.