Friday, October 10, 2008

Cell phone panic.

I have a cell phone like almost every single person I know. I wish I didn't though, I dislike my phone very much. It bothers me when I am involved in something and the phone rings. The interruption this phone of mine represents bothers me to no end. However, I do like to have connection with my family and friends so I do keep the phone.
This new law about "hands free driving" had been a welcome change but now I am really having a hard time with the ear piece. My phone doesn't have the regular connection for the head piece so I need to have an adapter and sometimes my adapter shorts out and really it all is a big pain so I just don't use my phone in my car. (Or if I do, I am searching desperately for cops while I have a quick chat.)
People tell me to get a blue tooth ear piece and be done with it but having that wireless device so close to my brain really worries me. I know, seems silly but really there is some cause for concern. AND today I found evidence that my worries are not so out of left field. This article out of the New York Times states that some brain surgeons do not hold their phones to their heads. The concern is having microwave emissions right near the head and with the blue tooth ear piece the concern is having a transmitter in your ear. Thank you NY Times. I am not crazy. Well, maybe just a pinch of crazy but not so looney. I think I'll be using my cell phone even less and moving my worries and concerns along to something else.

1 comments:

Suzy said...

I'm with you Deborah. I hate my cell phone too. Can't wait to see your paintings tomorrow.