But, I must admit, that last night I walked into a restaurant (yes, in Albany) and rang my friend’s cell, looking to locate the table she was sitting at (and, no, I did not first ask how are you). And, I’ve recently read somewhere (sorry, but I don’t have the reference) that in a survey of college students their #1 preferred mode of communication was/is text messaging. And I know that within my text messaging menus, I have a “quick note” option that allows me to send the phrase “Where are you?” or “where r u” (as the case may be), so that I don’t even have to actually type the words out. This is not a coherent response to your post, but merely some of the things it made me think of and about.

Finally, have you seen thisr?