Today I inadvertently left the house without my phone. It did not realize that I was without it until I arrived at the university. My initial reaction was a sense of mental confusion - almost as if I had lost my bearings. It was kind of like those dreams you have where you are the [...]
I did the unthinkable today - I left my phone at home. It wasn't purposeful - it was evidence of a lack of thinking (is that un-thinking?). I realized that I had likely left it when I was about halfway to work and I had a mental flash of it still sitting on the kitchen [...]
I am miffed at Verizon today. Miffed because after years of being a loyal customer and payments over my time with them that I estimate have now eclipsed $30,000 (I have been with them for quite awhile) - they refuse to waive a contract termination fee. It seems when you have a family plan and [...]
I am struggling with a transition. For a couple of years now I have had a flip phone with a touch screen that is in a word - cute. Well, perhaps I should say aesthetically pleasing as "cute" should perhaps be reserved as a descriptor for chubby-cheeked babies and puppies. My aesthetically pleasing phone, even with [...]
They say that reformed smokers are the worst (in regard to being critics of those who continue to smoke). I am not so sure about that. In the last couple of weeks I have concluded that reformed automobile cell phone users are a bit more obnoxious than reformed smokers. I base this on my personal [...]
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