Did they have a chat-nanny feature that bleeped out words like 'overcome' and 'over-spend'?

to kill mutant zombie looters in the event of a nuclear holocaust

I thought that's what chainsaws were for. You need a chainsaw that can text.

I thought that's what chainsaws were for. You need a chainsaw that can text.

But then you get messages like

"OMG I jst cut down this awesome oak tree LOL. It's totly falling down thi1irlwekjtr;ekrnqnflwef

fuxor"

do you text from your cell phone?

Good lord yes. In part because I'm up way earlier than your average person and because I know people will check their cell even if they don't or can't check a computer.

And I don't have a full keyboard, but I sometimes do it old school slow way and sometimes I do it the quicker let-the-phone figure it out way. And I text google ALL THE TIME, especially when I'm out and looking for the closest Jo-Ann Fabrics or whatever. Or if I want to know who won an NCAA basketball game. I love texting Google. It's like actual googling without the hassle of finding an internet connection.

Do you think texting is becoming increasingly popular?

Good lord yes. I watch kids text in class all. the. time.

For short stuff like "r u open??" We get IMs like that already.

I get that in emails from students. The only reason that I don't get more text messages is that I don't give out my cell phone number

I communicate with my students via Facebook. The might not check their email, but they check Facebook.

Texting's been bigger than phoning here since I was in school, so... seven years. Good Lord, I graduate SEVEN YEARS AGO. Holy carps.

to kill mutant zombie looters in the event of a nuclear holocaust

I read that as "mutant zombie lobsters" and thought that's a highly specific purpose right there. It also made me think of TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE.

do you text from your cell phone?

Absolutely.

Why or why not?

a) Massive phone-fear. b) Texting's faster at just communicating a short line or two (esp. when you're trying to rally a bunch of people). c) Texting's often less obtrusive than talking on the phone when one is out in public.

Also, what Vortex said.

Do you think texting is becoming increasingly popular?

Yes.

-juliana doesn't really want to talk to me!

PFFT.

But then you get messages like

"OMG I jst cut down this awesome oak tree LOL. It's totly falling down thi1irlwekjtr;ekrnqnflwef fuxor"

Sure now you do, but after the nuclear holocaust you'll get useful information. Say you get a message from Frank, "OMG 2 many 2 mny sh*t no ammo :( no esc jf0wapuesajfalsdg 123849hwlk brains brains brains brains". You know to avoid where Frank was.

Glitter Rally!

So it turns out that talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres hates glitter. Can you imagine? Naturally this doesn't sit well with Kathy Cano-Murillo--aka the Crafty Chica--who is spearheading a movement to win Ellen over to the sparkly side. It all starts with a glitter-positive rally (complete with craft supplies from Duncan) outside Ellen's television studio in Burbank on April 8. I'll be there supporting the cause in a glitter-painted CRAFT teeshirt, alongside the Crafty Chica herself, members of the LA Craft Mafia, and fun folks like TLC's Mark Montano (author of Big-Ass Book of Crafts) and Cathie Filian from DIY's Creative Juice! If you'd like to join us, just come on by Ellen's studio at 3000 West Alameda Ave. in Burbank, CA at 12 noon on April 8.

Holy CRAP. This has an event for ita written all over it.

I'm with Ellen. Hate glitter. Glitter doesn't make you look sparkley or mysterious or anything other than messy.

AND I think safe sparkle is all a lie. Glitter almost always ends up all over you or your loved ones even with almost no contact. I still find glitter on me a few days after seeing ita.