I didn’t get my first cell phone until 2002, and it was a novelty.  Up until that time my range of communications was limited to handwritten correspondence, emails, and the 45 foot range of my cordless phone.  When I was out at a bar or a restaurant, I talked to the person next to me. […]

It’s hot in the Maple Leaf. Stiflingly hot and I’m having a little trouble catching my breath. And the show hasn’t even started yet. The older black man in the straw hat next to me at the bar is producing a copious amount of smoke from a single cigarette — like a diesel locomotive. There […]