It's an addiction! Everywhere I look, people are staring at an object in their hands, their fingers flying as they send a message to someone. I wonder what Alexander Graham Bell would think of his invention now? He was a very forward thinking guy, but I'll bet it would blow his mind if he could see how his telephone is being used. I guess, when you really think about it, it's a combination of the telegraph and telephone.

My fear is that while using the new vernacular particular to texting, we are going to lose our basic vocabulary. Our young people are going to lose the ability to spell words correctly or remember their meanings. Where will our society be then? Illiterate. So, instead of a step forward, this new way of communicating will take us a giant step backward.

I hope I'm wrong. I love to read but will refuse to try to read a novel that's printed in texting form; as a matter of fact, I'm not going to try to unscramble a text message. If anyone needs to contact me, they can write it out correctly or use a telephone and talk to me. That's more fun, anyway.