Entry for 7th December, 2007

The Blackberry truly is the Devil's Plaything. It is, without doubt, the work of Beelzebub and all his demon hordes.
Once, people could escape work when they travelled on a train, or when they put their feet up in front of the television of an evening. But no, because of the demonic Blackberry, everyone, everywhere, is at the beck and call of unreasonable bosses and demanding clients at any time of the day or night.
Here is the truth. There is nothing - absolutely nothing - that is so important that it cannot wait until the morning. In fact, if somethin seems to be that important, then I would wholeheartedly suggest that you want to take at least a week to think about it, perhaps talk it over with your colleagues and loved ones. Make the idea wear a few differnet hats to see what suits it. Take it for a walk in the park to see if you and the idea are compatible and can really make a go of it. Do not take it home on the first date, put some Barry White on the stero and act on it immediately. I guarantee that when you wake up in the morning, the idea will be about as attractive as opening your eyes next to a naked balding man with a nurse's uniform. (That only happened to me once. It was my university days. We should all have the liberty to experiment.)
The only thing worse than Blackberries are people who use them when they shouldn't. I was at a meeting today. The meeting was a bit boring, but the person leading the discussion had done a lot of work and was saying a lot of pertinent and important things. He deserved the courtesy of us at least pretending to pay attention. But, some puffed up self-important Blackberry user next to me was tapping away at the tiny stupid keys of his satanic deivice.
Where are our manners?