New Icon For a Grumpy Day

Note the new icon. That's my "Grumpy Old Fart" (GOF) icon. (Jeff Dunham's puppet Walter)

Today this GOF was listening to an NPR discussion on texting. Texting, for instance, while in the presence of flesh and blood friends whom you've invited out for breakfast then proceed to ignore while you text other friends. Texting during business meetings. Texting, as Doug often sees, during class lectures. Texting during a supposed conversation with someone sitting across the cafe table from you. And I'm talking extensive, almost exclusive texting during such events, not picking up the occasional one because it might be something important, more important than "Hey, I'm eating a really great sandwich!" (I have no idea what this would look like in "text" language)

Some say it's the New Era, the Connected Era. They talk about texting addiction. It's the way people communicate these days.

Well, this GOF calls bullshit on that. It's fucking rude.

If you're with someone, be with them. If you want to text, then text but don't commingle the two.

Harumph!