Just in case you didn't know, I recently wrote a book "Read Between the Lines: A Humorous Guide to Texting with Simplicity and Style" which came out last week. RBTL provides hundreds of reasons why you need to use text messaging as one of your modes of communication.
What you probably don't know is that my husband (one of my biggest supporters) doesn't text. In fact, he outwardly refuses to do so!
Granted, my hubby is an incredible and successful business man, a jet pilot, an amazing dad, and a lover of his "old school" Motorola flip phone. I did get him a new phone last February, which he returned because he "just couldn't do without his flip".
Something is going on around here!
Then, out of no where, he comes back from Borders on Saturday night with new book called "Skinny Bastard". He said he went to check out "Skinny Bitch" because both RBTL and SB have the the same talented illustrator, Margaret Gockel in common. When I complemented him on his new acquisition, he proclaimed "Next week I'm going to learn how to text, and become a vegan" which is the entire premise behind Skinny Bastard.
OMG... because now he wants me to come along on his vegan journey too! As much as I would love to join his new cause, I'm not 100% sure I can commit to eliminating dairy, chicken, fish and my Skinny Hazelnut Latte from Starbucks. I did read I could have TunO, which sounds completely and totally awful. HELP!
Last week, I did notice David eyeing my sons iPhone, all the way to the point of checking out how it felt to carry in his pocket... which was totally shocking because of his total and complete dedication to Mr. Flip, which I bought him four years ago!
A four year old cell phone is a lot like a 10 year old computer - it's out of date and totally obsolete!
As for his new way of eating, I'm thinking it won't last for long, especially since his daily snacks consist of Lays Potato Chips, lots of cookies, buttered popcorn and several cans of Coke. Maybe going vegan is just what the Dr. ordered, even if it's just for a short period of time?
As for learning how to text, I agree he'll need to dump Mr. Flip and find a new love. Maybe he was finally able to Read Between the Lines?
Stay tuned, because I'm not buying any of the texting vegan mania just yet.
Shawn, LOL funny! Gail doesn't text either but Madeline and I have been working on her. Maybe your book will be the convincing factor. Vegan? Do you know any honest vegans? EEK. I'll stick to my omnivorous lifestyle--because I love foods of all types!
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