I admit it.  I am officially "un-hip."  I am sure my teenage son could more articulately catalogue the extent of my "un-hipness," but I hear that self-disclosure is healing so here I go.

1. I do not understand the appeal of texting someone who is physically sitting on the same couch!  Whatever happened to the perfectly sensible, "Yo dude - do you want another slice of pizza?"

2. Does this make sense to anyone over 30? I was recently in a room full of teens, all of whom were texting people who are elsewhere, the answer to this burning question, "What are you doing?"  Wouldn't the answer for all of them be, "I am missing a perfectly good social opportunity by texting inane bits of drivel to you!"

3. The flipside of #2 is the parent who "Crackberries" during a play or ball game of their child.  15 yard parenting penalty for wrongful use of opposable thumbs in a moment filled with memory potential!

4. Thoughts on Twitter... is there anyone out there who really cares what Oprah ate for breakfast this morning? Tweeting is something birds do.  I am a tech guy and I can see no practical application for Twittage.  If you can, please enlighten me.  Gasp!  I told you I was un-hip!

5. Why was/is it fashionable for a boy to wear pants that do not cover his boxers on da backside.  If showing off underwear is the goal, why couldn't they just wear them on the OUTSIDE like that secretary in Ferris Buellers Day Off?  By the way, the solution to this fashion foible is a staple gun.

Bueller...Bueller...Anyone?? 

Be well and remember not to take life too seriously!