So, riddle me this, Batman . . .

It was already irritating when an acquaintance leaves a voice mail message that says something like: "hi, it's me, call me!" and you have no friggin' idea who it is, or where to find the phone number. Isn't an "it's me!" reserved for close family relations and good friends?

So how about when texting? Last Saturday I received a text message "how r u? Long time no talk" . . . needless to say, I didn't recognize the number, nor was it associated with any name in my directory. I responded "who is this?" The answer? "kevin from yahoo way back". Allow me to decode that message. Kevin is a guy I met online through Yahoo Personals sometime around Y2K . . . we did go out a few times, but I haven't seen or spoke to him in more than 5 years. We stopped going out when he asked me if I was into "the lifestyle". Pardon me? Apparently, that is how those in the know refer to "swinging". He had been invited to a swingers' party, but single men must have a woman with them, or they are not allowed in to partake. Did I want to join him? Umm, no.

I can only imagine how many phone numbers he texted to before he got to mine that day . . . but he could at least add his name to the message.

Speaking of my cell phone, I need to get new service. Cingular/AT&T keeps sending my nasty letters telling me that the type of service (analog or digital or something like that) provided to my phone goes kaput in mid-August. So here's the dealio, unlike Edit, I'm not ready to move up to an iPhone, but I'm debating whether to go Blackberry . . .