Blackberry or Crackberry, you decide

Posted by Ed:

I use a blackberry. What’s a Blackberry? My Blackberry is a cell phone, email tool, time manager, mobile internet device, time waster, time saver, and overall addicting device. My Blackberry is addicting because every few minutes I get the feeling like I need to check my email. Being able to receive and send email at any time of the day is a good and bad thing because it can become addicting. It is so addicting that it has been called a Crackberry instead of a Blackberry. Sometimes you just want to be disconnected from the world. I remember my days working for a summer camp and being out in the wilderness canoeing down the Ausable river. We had no connection to the rest of the world, just a peacefulness and tranquility of the wilderness and the river around us. My happy place is on that river and when I am feeling overwhelmed, I bring my mind back to that river and the calmness. My mind drifts and peace fills my mind and thoughts, and then “BUZZZZZZZZZZ, BUZZZZZZZZZZZ” from my Crackberry. Oh, I got another email from a Nigerian telling me a sob story about a ton of money he wants me to help him make. So much for going to a happy place when you have a constant connection to the world.