My phone is broken, it happened last night. Amazing how much I miss it already.

No more email, text messages, no more Facebook on the go, no more Twitter updates; how did I ever manage without one way back when? I suppose once I manage to work my way through the five stages of grief I might feel liberated but right now I'm just bummed and lonely.

Oh yeah, and I can't make any calls or check voicemail either. Did I mention that my home phone is forwarded to my mobile? Good grief. The replacement better arrive soon. Kinda makes one feel like an addict, eh? Yep, sure does.

So, what did Martin get? Well, I really liked what I had so I got it again, the T-Mobile Dash:

Why you ask? Well, my carrier is T-Mobile so the iPhone was not an option and I use Microsoft Exchange for email so Windows Mobile is good and we just switched to a my Favs plan and I think it's great so the phone had to be compatible with that technology. Besides, except for the small display I really like this phone a lot.

I did seriously consider the G1 but it's actually really limited if you want to connect to anything but a Google service. No ActiveSync, no support for Hotmail/Windows Live; just IMAP, POP3 and Google. But damn, it sure has a nice feel, keyboard and display size...

Oh well, now I will have an extra battery and charger. :)

Because I always forget where this is I thought it might help if I posted a link:

http://www.kingcounty.gov/transportation/kcdot/Roads/Bicycling.aspx

I saw him again today...!

And when I say 'him' I of course mean a person that fits this stereotype.

Last night taking the bus home it was FREEZING out, mid 30s at best with a mild windchill to boot. Half way home this guy gets up and gets off the bus; he was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. You hear me? People, I'm talking NOTHING BUT SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT here.

What is it with these people? Are they really that hot-blooded or is their metabolism really so jacked up that they just do not get cold? Or is it that they just can't/won't/couldn't be bothered to put in the effort to switch up their wardrobe even a teeny, tiny bit. You know, roll with the seasons and all that.

This guy fit the bill perfectly. He was young (20 maybe?), slightly overweight, kinda introverted looking and was wearing black Velcro tennis shoes with white, crew-length socks. One had fallen down and the other was pulled up, sorta. As he shouldered his backpack and walked sort of awkwardly down the sidewalk I was left thinking is it that hard to put on even a sweatshirt?

I can just see this guys closet. Five pairs of shorts (just enough to last until the next time he does laundry assuming he wears each pair a few days in a row) and 20 t-shirts. 90 percent of which he got for free. Some of these would have slogans on them like:

• [insert name of high school here]
• [insert name of computer game here]
• Mountain Dew

ASIDE - see, the true nerd doesn't wear shirts with slogans like, "There's no place like 127.0.0.1" or, "There are only two kinds of people, those that understand binary and those that don't". They wear stuff that isn't clever at all. That's why they are nerds. Get it?

So today on the way to work I see this same guy on the bus again. So help me he has on the same shoes, socks, shorts and shirt. [And I thought I was bad...] If anything it was even colder this morning than last night plus it was pretty foggy and his face was flushed and his arms were pink so I'm thinking he has GOT to be cold. Is it that he just doesn't understand that clothes have a purpose or he's just so OCD that putting on anything out of the ordinary would be too upsetting?

And then I'm thinking, if this guy is legitimately warm enough when it's in the 30s, what does he wear in the summer...?! I mean he has got to be hating life when it tops 70 degrees, right? What about when it gets up to 80? Does he hide in his apartment and put bowls of ice in front of fans? Does he just not go outside?

I give up. I choose just to be entertained. The bus excels at that for sure.