The Daily - Sunday, October 14, 2018

END OF THE DAILY

This will be the last "Daily" post, a blog that contains a variety of topics, one that attempted to be a daily newsletter of sorts.

Going forward I will post one or more items per day, each under its own separate title.

Perhaps this will lead to having posts in separate blogs, each dedicated to a particular topic. Successful bloggers seem to do that. Although I do not aim to compete with anyone or achieve the popularity of some blogs, I would like to make it easier for folks to find information I share and make the information more relevant to readers.

This also means a shift from quantity (number of topics or posts) to quality. And that sometimes may mean not having a daily post if the exercise of writing a better post demands additional time. That brings to mind the old adage: good, cheap, or fast; pick two, but not all three.

CELL PHONE ADDICTION

It is no surprise to anyone that we live in a world of cell phone addiction. I often, however, wonder how it is possible that people talk that much on the phone. There are people in my neighborhood that I have seen leaving home while on the phone, and they return home, get out of the car, and they are on the phone. Am I missing something?

Of course you have the inevitable person in a grocery store, gas station, or even a government agency talking on the cell phone. Some make it even more convenient (for themselves) and use an ear piece; sometimes that can be very scary because the ear pieces are small or hidden, and here you think this person is just talking to themselves, only to realize that perhaps they are on the phone.

As we know, there are real health concerns with too much exposure to cell phone radiation. But even more dangerous is the bad habit of talking on the phone while driving. Today I saw someone holding a cell phone with one hand, a sandwich with the other, and driving much faster than the speed limit. Yikes! That is scary!

Cell phone usage everywhere, all the time, no matter what. That is a whole lot of talking!

But … are they really communicating?