And then it happens, the most dreaded response in the world, more terse than any word, more withholding than a “no,” and strictly verboten for someone as in love with language and me as you...

The very definition of what it means to be alone has changed. To be physically alone is still relatively easy, but many of us struggle daily to turn off e-mail, computers, or cell phones… Our...

Lucas: I wanted to talk to you after class, but you disappeared.Me: I have another class right after. One of those profs who stops talking, stares at you and waits until you get to your...

…what do you want to know? Usual stuff. Serious relationships, age, whether you eat babies. 😀 I’m 30. I think babies are tasty, but empty calories, and I’ve had one long-term serious relationship…

People who have so much of their personality invested in the Internet can’t really survive as whole individuals without it.

You know when you send a text message to someone and you don’t get a response right away, you feel depressed? You send a text message to someone you really like and you get a...

Sometimes I text the “wrong” person … on purpose. Just to start a conversation.

For dinner I had 20 ounces of coffee and 5 Kraft singles. Am I going to die?

Well you scared me half to death. You can’t just pick up the phone and try to talk to me like that. Don’t the tips of your fingers work?

What r u doing now?I’m beating my dad at poker. Picturing him with his family, I smiled. Getting ready for bed.Wish I was there. My eyes widened. What the what? Wait r u naked?No!!! I...

She wanted to know if I loved her, so I texted her a picture of a dead bird.

I sent a quick text to Adrian: I have a hickey! You can’t ever kiss me again. I honestly hadn’t expected him to be awake this early, so I was surprised to get a response:...

Ms Chalmers,” he warned.gotta go. my new daddys strict, I texted.spankz for u 2nite!lolz! only if im lucky! c u soon xx- heller 1

Nothing stings quite like an unanswered text message.

WHY did she do this? She was a terrible drunk texter. All the things she wanted to say to people during the day came out at night, like a vampire.

SUPPORT LITERACY! A child who cannot read cannot text.

Let’s start a new family.

Contradictions, in any communication, are the first stepping stones of mistrust

As soon as Neil is out of the shower, he texts Peter. You up? he asks.And the reply comes instantly:For anything.

I don’t take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don’t really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used to into writing letters.

There’s a difference between driving and texting. When your driving your eyes have to be open and on the road watching the cars around you, road signs, and traffic lights. Along with your mind on...

Texting and phone calls, fireworks, blends, café au lait, and music. Yesterday’s television. Work and beer. The neighbor’s dog, or those strange flowers, the way it smells at Maisen. Those ordinary things I talk about...

You okay?

Alford, Massachusetts: Mandy stood there with her old Nikon film camera, snapping photo after photo of the rural landscape. It was difficult to describe the wonderful feeling of there not being a single cell phone...