BlackBerry

I like BlackBerry. Recently, I was given a great, great new contraption--a BlackBerry--by my work. Now you may say, "New? Andy, get with the times, yo! That ain't new." Besides needing to work on your grammar, you need to understand that I am not behind the times, and yes I realize that just about every business person and their grandmothers have a BlackBerry or similar PDA device. It's just that--this is my first!

I came from the realm of thinking that phones are meant to merely call people. Texting I felt was okay, too. Photographs was pushing it, and anything else was just plain silly. Well, now that my skinny fingers have caressed the teeny, plastic keys, jumped at the ding of a new email, and perused the Internet from the john--all of that is out the window.

Let me just say, however, that I will not be one of those people who constantly check their BlackBerry every second of the day and night. At least after the honeymoon. I apologize in advance to anyone who I interrupt in order to view a message, text my Mom, respond to a Client, or quickly search IMDB to win a bet. I promise it won't always be like this. Just let me play with my shiny, new toy until I get tired of it. Thank you.