Plugging in to unplug from the hamster race.
...iPods/mp3 players as we walk, drive, work, eat, sit in class, chat with friends...
...cyborgs with bluetooth ...
...cell phones, smart phones, iPhones, Chocolates (why *are* they called that?), Razrs, Blackberrys; IM, txt, emoticons; push technology...
...always on, always available...
...students balking at an assignment to walk around the neighborhood for an hour without being plugged in to any technology, looking for examples in the community...
...wondering who called and didn't leave a message...
...calling back a wrong number so we don't miss something...
...parallel conversations of bus riders waiting at the stop, as if they were sitting alone in their living room with some privacy...