defiant to the hands-free ear-piece

Okay, I'm a total genius! Just kidding, but necessity births ingenuity. Let me explain...due to the recent (July '09) law prohibiting talking on a cell phone while driving via the passe hand to ear method, in addition to my protest of having to pay upwards of $80 for a quality ear-piece, on top of the fact that I should be exempt from the law based on my superior multitasking skills and ability to drive safely while carrying on a conversation. I would also like to argue that any quality hands-free ear-piece is far too expensive for me to purchase in the current economic climate, food is somehow taking priority. Also, I'm finding it difficult to not make phone calls or not receive them, while driving...so, drum roll please....the "scarf satchel"! Bam! This is what I developed while running errands and driving to work this morning. While trying to get creative with the law and placing my phone on my arm while driving and talking via speaker phone I realized I was wearing a scarf and sat it in the cowl of my scarf and it was perfect! I didn't have to yell, didn't have an annoying ear-piece, and was obeying the law--best of all worlds!

Sorry for all of the exclamation points, but it was very exciting to finally resolve this recurring dilemma. So if you relate with my defiance of the law or ear-pieces, please try-out the "scarf satchel", it's free accompanied by your favorite scarf.

Salute to the Handsfree-Talker and Walker

Okay, so most people are generally annoyed by the "Hands-free talker and walker" who appears to be a crazy person talking to themselves and gesticulating to the air.  I find myself diligently searching for their tiny earpiece sometimes hidden by their hair to confirm...yes this is a normal person on their hands-free device talking to another human verses a crazy person or an alien that I should be wary of.  This morning I was pleasantly entertained by a hands-free-talker-woman at Starbucks who could have been uprooted and placed in a lecture hall or a at a podium giving some political speech and you would never have known the difference based on her air-preaching.  If there was a competition for hands-free talking, I would definitely nominate her.  The two minutes of waiting for my coffee was definitely an entertaining experience--I was captured and convinced of whatever she was talking about.  So, thank you hands-free-talker-walker-woman.