Yay, Bob!

A librarian friend I know just told the story about how her twenty-something son, and his twenty-something girlfriend ran up the phone bill by thousands of dollars because they were texting each other while on the family trip to China (they live in Denver) while sharing a hotel room.

A couple of friends (*cough* Perkins *cough*) sort of dragged me into texting, but I don't mind it. For a chatty catching up, though, I much prefer a phone call or email.

I still don't know how to check my email on my phone, though. That seems beyond me.

Exclusive: Amazing photos of the Gulf Coast oil rig exploding, sinking

Some of them remind me of photos of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

I finally succumbed to texting this past December on my road trip when it became a useful tool to coordinate with people. It's good when you just want to relay short pieces of information or ask a single question to get an answer. For instance, when you want to let a couple dozen people know that Joshua Jackson just jogged right past you.

Our cell phone plan charges for texting so we don't use it. I have nothing against texting, I just don't want to pay for it.

I think Americans on average get charged much more for texting than people in other countries.

I think Americans on average get charged much more for texting than people in other countries.

I pay $5/month for (I think) 500 texts, but it sure would be nice if it were included with my "unlimited data" plan.

New research shows that chimps have sex toys:

I quibble with use of the term "sex toy". According to the article, it's not being used for the sex itself, but to attract the female's attention to the male's erection so that they can have sex. It's like tight jeans.

wow, thanks for that warning Lisa. I have gone alllllll the way over to the office kitchen and now have large-ass cup of coffee.

Someone is coming for a second look at my place tomorrow. YAY!

It doesn't make any sense to me, a text message is a couple orders of magnitude less data than a phone call.