... just kidding. (As far as you know).
Couple times in the morning before work, couple of time in the evening mostly and ....
! Warning - Geek Alert - Warning - Geek Alert - Warning !
... and on my Blackberry through out the day. I have an rss news service push updates to my Blackberry from sites like dpreview, including the Sony SLR and Open Talk forums. The times when my spelling goes to heck in a hand basket, you can tell, I'm on my crackberry .... er .... blackberry. (no spell check in the crackberry browser)
Periodically, you may see me at a Starbucks before work, sipping my latte, WSJ tucked under my arm, reading my Blackberry, apparently doing something high-powered and important. Not true. I'm really getting the latest rumors on the next Sony DSLR.
Sometimes my colleagues, also at the same Starbucks, see me "diligently working", which causes them to start "diligently" reviewing the contents of their Blackberry, apparently something high-powered and important.
In reality, they are doing exactly what I am doing ... reviewing their forums on their favorite websites. As a matter of fact, I suspect one of you may be one of my colleagues. I just don't know which one.
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! Graphic scenes of Blackberry Addiction !
If you have an addiction prone personality, don't get a Blackberry. Really, don't do it.
The Blackberry addiction is why we Blackberry junkies call them "crackberrys". The Blackberry addiction is a secret and dark world, known only to other "berry-heads". Sometimes, you may hear us use certain code phrases to other junkies like, "I'm going out for some 'juice'. Do you need some?" In the world of Blackberry junkies, this means, "Lets get 'juiced' on our Blackberrys".
Frequently, you can find us behind dumpsters of even the most prestigious firms, shaking in the cold, typing on our blackberrys, mumbling to ourselves. It's sad, really.
Don't let those pinstripes fool you, even the most respectable looking professional can be an addict crying out for help.
Next time you see a "berry-head" on the subway/tube/metro/bus getting their "juice", that is, getting their Blackberry fix, help them. Such flagrant public use of a Blackberry is their cry for help. It's your moral obligation to knock the Blackberry to the floor and stamp on it.
You will be doing them a favor. On the outside, they may be turning red and shouting, but on the inside, they are very grateful that someone cares; they are relieved someone as freed them from the addiction.
. Public Service Announcement #20 .
. Sponsored by the Blackberry Freedom Foundation .
b shaw
PS Do any of you read the forums on your crackberry? Anyone? Anyone? Beuhler? Beuhler? Anyone?..... Seriously, if there is that one other soul like me, do you have trouble with the forum links, too?
