One ringy-dingy...

Some people are filled with a totally misguided sense of their own self-importance. How on earth did these folks ever manage their lives before the invention of cell phones?? How did they ever get any shopping done without a telephone hanging out of their ear? How did they drive anywhere without stopping at every pay phone along the way to relate their progress? And how in God's name did they ever manage to entertain themselves while out in public - a restaurant, the movies, the mall etc. - without giving a loud, obnoxious, blow-by-blow description - in real time - to every single person they ever knew, dead or alive??

It must have really been rough back in those old BC... Before Cells... days. Back when you actually had to, God forbid, exercise a little self-control over your immediate gratification urges and wait a bit to share (?) your overwhelmingly fascinating life with the rest of the free world listening in!

Now hear me on this... no one is that busy, important, or indispensable. No one. Few things, with the possible exception of genuine, bleeding on the carpet emergencies, are so earth-shattering that they need to be taken care of RIGHT NOW. Very few things.

And yes, we have a cell phone. Comes in right handy sometimes and has its time and place... it is not, however, my lifeline as a functioning human being.