I finally got a new Blackberry today (free of charge thanks to my much needed cell phone insurance; I might be Verizon's most expensive customer). I needed a new one, because, for the last two weeks or so the "A" key on my keyboard hasn't worked. This wouldn't be a big deal if the letter A weren't, oh I don't know, probably the most commonly used letter in the English language. The @ key used in place of "at" and the + key used in place of "and" have helped, sure, but not quite enough. And while I have to admit I sort of enjoyed trying to come up with ways to phrase things without words that have an A in them, it got old after a while. For instance, last week, I was stuck in the Atlanta Airport attempting to get back to L.A. on stand-by and was trying to explain the situation via text. Try texting someone you're stuck in the Atlanta Airport without using any A's, I dare you. This is what I came up with while riding the monorail from Concourse B to Concourse T for the third time that day:
I'm stuck in the biggest city in the st8 which is on top of Floriduh.
I could have called, of course, but that wouldn't have been any fun.
