Since I’ve been on vacation all week with A1 also out of town and have had very little outside mental stimulation my mind has been left to wander. When this happens I come up with random bizarre questions that aren’t really important that i can think about to pass the time. In the last week these have included

Does anyone actually turn off their cell phone at those “blasting zone” signs? I never ever in my entire life have ever turned the thing off when going thru one of those, and my cell phones remain active and in one piece. I wonder to myself what exactly is supposed to happen that should mean you turn off your phone. Is it to protect the phone from going apeshit if they happen to blast while you’re going by, or is it to keep your cell phone from maybe setting off the explosives?

Do people still use phonebooks? I mean really when was the last time you drug out a phonebook to look up a number or anything. I probably haven’t used one to look anything up in at least 4 years, maybe even more than that. Doesn’t it seem like a huge waste of paper that every house keeps getting these bigass books every year?

Do people actually buy those things that you pour boiling water into then dump your pasta in so you don’t have to go to the trouble of actually putting pasta in a pan to cook? Is it really that difficult?

Why the hell don’t people change their names when they get old enough to? I just saw a commercial for Overstock.com featuring Stormy Simon. Really? really you’re ok with that being your name? That name seems more stripper/porn star than pusher of discount home crap.

How the hell did I stay in touch with ANYONE pre text message/IM/email? My god, 98% of my friend communication happens this way, why talk on the phone when you can just screw around electronically.