When it comes to the use of a cell phone, I’m a dinosaur. I don’t need bells and whistles, and I don’t ask much from my cell phone. All I want to do is be able to make telephone calls with ease. When are the cell phone companies going to cater to simple folks like me? I’m not extinct (yet) and my money is green.

I don’t need the internet on my phone; I have a computer at home. I don’t want to write a letter (I tried texting a message one time and I can leave three voice messages in the time it took me). Yes, I Twitter, but I don’t delude myself into thinking there is anything I do that is exciting enough that it can’t wait until I get home. Y’all don’t really want to know what I’m doing anyway (trust me). I already have a camera, so I don’t need that.

Doesn’t someone make a simple cell phone?

It’s time for me to get a new cell phone, because my little Motorola won’t hold a charge anymore, so I’ve started searching.
I saw this Jitterbug Cell Phone, and it is exactly what I need. It’s got large buttons for my pitiful arthritic fingers to punch. It has a big screen and huge readout for my pathetic blind eyes to see. It’s got a padded earpiece, so my poor old ears can hear. It’s even got a live operator in case my feeble mind gets confused…

Wait! They call it a “Senior Cell Phone!”

I can’t be having that. That’s bordering on condescending! Can’t we just call it an “Amish Cell Phone” and leave it at that?

I’m going to swallow my pride and look into the Jitterbug Phone, but I’m not going to dance right out and buy one. I am not familiar with the company, so I don’t know how reliable they really are. I say that as if the “big” companies are reliable, but “the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t know.”

Has anyone else out there tried this? If so, I’d love some feedback. And, if there really is an “Amish Cell Phone,” somebody point me in that direction!

I was hoping for a knight in shining armor this morning, as I sat with my coffee in the darkness on the porch. My dream was fading. I needed help, but couldn’t find what I sought: something BIG to get
you to donate. So, I was trying to decide how to gracefully back out of raising money for Camp Sanguinity cancer camp.

I was discouraged!

All of this week, I approached local merchants asking for donations so I could have a raffle, but was met by a polite wall of “no.” The economy is just too scary right now, and (though they liked the cause) the merchants couldn’t contribute. I didn’t see how in the world I could keep trying, while I struggle to get my life in balance.

[You are supposed to be helping me by participating in a group writing project, and none of you have said a word.]

On the brink of giving up, I opened my e-mail.

Who needs a stinkin’ “knight in shining armor,” when you have Jessica The Rock Chick on your side?

She stepped out of her glimmering white limousine in her black stiletto cat boots with Jon Bon Jovi at her side…

Wait.

That’s a dream Jessica had.

Actually, she was probably barefoot in her pajamas. She drives a stinky mommy van (hey, she admits that it literally stinks), and she only stalks Bon Jovi. Still, she has saved my day.

That generous gal decided to have a raffle to help Camp Sanguinity (and to celebrate her 2nd Bloggiversary).

You can win a 1GB Apple iPod Shuffle!

She will even let YOU pick the color!

ALL you have to do is:

1. donate by paypal or check (Tucker’s Camp Sanguinity Fund 2008, P.O. Box 2241, Denton, TX 76202,
   or click that banner at the bottom of this post to donate through PayPal. Jessica has a button on her blog post, too.
2. write a post linking to her post (you could link to my first post about it, too, so people know why they are donating!),
3. and make a commenton Jessica’s post, so she knows you are there

It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3.

AND Jessica sweetens the pot! Well, her fabulous daughter, the one and only supertalented Samantha Hollywood (whose heart is as big as her mother’s), owner of Fashionably Late Layouts, does. She will make you a custom MySpace layout for a $10 donation to the fund. How cool is that? If you donate $10.00 or more and would like a custom MySpace layout for you or anyone, please email Jessica at jessicatherockchick[AT]yahoo[dot]com and she will hook you up.

There you have it. A chance to win big for yourself AND help send a child to cancer camp.

Thank you, Sweet Jessica and Samantha. You have made my day. Y’all are better than a knight in shining armor any day of the week.

And, Happy Bloggiversary, Rock Chick. Rock on!!

Oh, children. Someone who calls him/her self “realist in Denton” commented on my post about the Denton Jazz festival. Do y’all ever get comments that make you want to twist someone’s head off? I just have to share with you. This is what the goofball had to say:

Either you haven’t been to a concert in ages, or you are just bitter. There weren’t just kids being rude, drunken adults your curmudgeonly age were far worse in my area than any kids I saw. So get off your high horse, deal with what happens when you go see a big name band at a general admission venue… or go pay your overpriced $$$ to see seated shows at the aac, etc.

This was my response:

First of all, “realist,” I said “people” not kids. I’m fully aware there were people my age who were drunk and disorderly. Second, obviously your momma didn’t teach you any manners. You are a perfect example of what I was grousing about. This is MY house. If you want to make rude remarks do it to your own momma.

Remember that line in Hamlet? This kid “doth protest too much, methinks.” I’d almost bet money that this is the little smart aleck drunk who was trying to push me around!

I e-mailed the response to the person, but does anyone want to bet that it bounces back? I’ve noticed that spineless people who go into people’s blogs and leave nasty comments usually don’t leave their real e-mail addresses.

I’ve got better things to do. Like finish photographing some afghans for kids with cancer. We have 111 showing in the afghan gallery now.

Back to it.