Ocupation: Journalist
Life: b. October 31, 1955
Birthday: October 31
Now we're e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. I get text messages on my cell phone all day long, and it warbles to alert me that someone has sent me a message on Facebook or a reply or direct message on Twitter, but it rarely ever rings.
source: "Hello, It's Me" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. May 12, 2010.
topic: Phones, Cells, Long, Cell Phone, Mailing