The End of the World As We Know It, Volume 43

My wife just informed me that we have changed our cell phone plan to include unlimited texting.

I’ve resisted texting, like I resist a lot of what seems to be initially senseless technology. But then I get consumed by it.

Thus falls another wall of defense against the modern world.

Of course, with our antique ‘dumb’ phones (what else do you call phones that are not ‘smart’ phones?), we won’t text as much as some. I suggested on a trip to see our son and daughter-in-law that Barb text them to let them know we were on the road.

Eight miles later, she had completed the task.