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The Blackberry PC ad hits me square in the face as I go down the escalator traveling my standard commuter flight from Jacksonville, Florida (JAX airport) to Washington, DC National. (I still refuse to call it Reagan.) I’ve seen this ad hundreds of time and paid it no mind. Now as a proud owner of the latest Blackberry pearl world PC 8830 (that can do almost everything except clean my floors - that is, if I can ever learn to operate the technology), I finally understand that I have joined the xyz generations and a berry is no longer what my grandmother and I used to pick and deliciously eat with joy.

But whoops, I’ve got a modern problem. I put it next to my ear and my ear burns. Clearly I have to use a head set. OK, I can do that. I hold it in my hand and my hand heats up and I’ve pain in my elbow. A dud? Radiation? I check with my environmentally aware guru friends. “Yes.” They say, “Take care.” Useable but dangerous. I remember why transitioning to the modern world is so complex. Eating berries, freshly picked has no resemblance to current world complexities. Will I keep my new found supposedly useful tool? I don’t know yet. This pearl may be a blessing or fraught with danger. I’ll do more research and let you know.

Dr.D

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