steven n fettig's Jitterin' Thoughts

A while back I wrote about my ridiculous addiction to technology and while cooking some spaghetti for my dinner tonight, I was once again confronted by how crazy the lust for technology becomes. I was explaining to my wife why we should simply say screw-it to Ameritech/SBC and go with SprintPCS's biggest shared plan and therefore be rid of the multiple FCC charges and crazy fees that Ameritech charges for services. While this idea seemed quite intelligent to me while driving home from work, the more I explained it to my wife, the more I realized that I'm losing it. Not that I won't save money, etc., but really that I come up with a new scheme to save money on telephone costs about ever 2 minutes. This one (the longer I thought about it) was actually prompted by my desire to rid myself of phone, phone and Palm (actually Sony Clie). Yes, I have two wireless phones. One for internet access, one provided to me from the business I work for (for mostly business use) and the Clie for remembering to forget everything I need to do today/tomorrow/next year. I want to buy another gadget - and that's what it really comes down to. Yes, I still think some of the charges we pay to Ameritech and the FCC are crazy (like having to pay the universal fund charge twice - once for our local line and once to our long distance/international telephone company). There really are two things certain about life: death AND taxes. This time my desire for a new gadget was coupled with an attempt to circumvent one of those... Crazy, I tell ya.