Hello, It's Me

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. My house phone is as silent as a stone, and if it ever leaps to life, it's usually an automated call reminding us that our Terminix pest-control expert will be visiting tomorrow between nine and five. I have...