Reality but still a little sad

One of my very dearest and oldest friends had a life altering experience yesterday and while it was inevitable it is still a little sad.

Those of us that know him and love him had used him as a flag bearer for the way life was and for perhaps the way life should be.

My friend jumped into the 21st century and purchased his first cell phone.

We aren't talking about a hayseed living in the backwoods of Mississippi. This person is a politically active consultant who up until yesterday has not owned a cell phone or a computer.

He does have a nice wide screen HD capable TV so somethings are in order.

Of course he swears he won't give the number to anyone but I have it and I'm someone so the walls have already started to crumble.

There are multiple additions for our current lifestyles that create intrusion and the cell phone might be at the top of the list.

The intrusions are not just caused by our own phones but by the proliferation of more people talking aloud when in the past one could walk down the street and experience a semblance of calm and serenity.

There are so many times when cell phones are a nuisance but obviously it has become a permanent attachment to our current reality and it will not be going away.

At least not until that rumored story is confirmed. You know, the one about cell phone airwaves causing brain cancer.

I'll tell you one thing for sure. If we could visually see all the invisible waves that are crisscrossing throughout our environment we would probably run for cover in the first leaded enclave that could be located. I highly doubt that there are an abundance of those places.

I tossed my microwave a few years ago just to reduce one more wavelength inside the house.

It might be pretty crazy as the human species continues to evolve and the next advanced form of a human being is able to visually detect all the waves that have been created previously.

Wireless technology only appears safe because we cannot see it.

Imagine if we could see it. The colors of the spectrum are probably included and while it might be very beautiful....

....ducking and dogging would be the new game in town.

All cells phone would be replaced by land lines and WiFi would be considered the enemy of the people.

I could keep going but I don't want my friend to give up his newly acquired toy.

That will happen the first time he travels and he receives his roaming charges.

Out the freakin door and back to a time where life was a little bit calmer.

In the meantime here's his number

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Michael Timothy McAlevey