Text: The New Verb
Text messaging has become very popular, very fast. In fact, the word text is now used as a verb by nearly everyone in my generation, as in, “Text me later,” or, “I’ll text you when I’m out of class.”
I sat in my Political Science class a few weeks ago and watched a couple pass notes to eachother while the teacher was lecturing. That’s right folks, their parents were paying for their education and they were using the time to write love letters to eachother. I could see at their hips that they were carrying mighty nice motorolas that their parents in El Dorado Hills had bought for them (I know they are from El Dorado Hills because they shared this information at a prior date). The boy was busy pretending to be busy on his spiffy new MacBook (probably just checking his myspace). I thought to myself, “Well, why don’t they just use those cell phones to text eachother? That way they wouldn’t have to wait for the teacher to turn around before throwing their notes over their shoulders.”
Then it hit me. I came up with the best text message promo slogan this side of the Mississip’! Here it is folks:
Text messaging: It’s like passing notes in class!
Ok. So maybe I’m exaggerating over the whole Mississip’ thing, but I really like it and that is all that matters.
Christopher Graham Said:
on March 26, 2007 at 10:45 pm
So true, so true. First pen and paper, then email, now texting… next: ESP!
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semidi Said:
on April 23, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Better not get too close to those kids, they’re probably toxic. Mother Jones’ latest issue (May/June 2007) has an expose regarding El Dorado Hills being built on top of a huge deposit of amphibole asbestos — and its wealthy residents’ 11-year effort to deny it and cover it up to protect their property values.
According to the story, the asbestos levels are equivalent to towns that have been mining for 100 years — and El Dorado Hills is roughly two decades old.
lunawolf Said:
on April 25, 2007 at 12:44 am
That is correct! And now the truth is out, the residents are complaining that something should be done right away! It’s freakin Gold Country! Asbestos is everywhere! The best you can do is MOVE!!!
Yuppy Said:
on May 10, 2007 at 10:05 am
Yes, “asbestos” is everywhere in a few counties (Chrysotile). Amphibole asbestos (specifically Tremoiite) is not everywhere. The Tremolite deposits are small with a huge impact on public health (death). The Chrysotile deposits are huge with no known environmental health impact ever seen on planet earth. Move? Yup a good idea. Bitch to EPA because they have never done their job by stopping people from moving onto these surface deposits, and lie to everyone to get out of doing their job? Heck yes! (see editors note in Mother Jones).And read “Enemy of the People” and apply it to EPA. They are shmucks!
lunawolf Said:
on May 10, 2007 at 4:50 pm
That is true. You would think that the high school geology classes would be teaching their students these things, especially in this area. Gold country is always rich with the stuff. If I were a geology teacher, I would spend a whole quarter alone on the Sierras. We’ve got some cool shit happening beneath us! I guess that’s too much to expect from our public education system.