Cel phone zombies and other nuisances- Yesterday on my run I encountered what is becoming an increasing blight on Western Culture: the spectre of the cel phone zombie. As I was crossing a pedestrian bridge a woman, who appeared to be in her mid to late thirties, was standing (not moving in any direction) directly in the middle of the path. She was slightly listing from side to side and had her arms been outstretched, I would have thought I was approaching a zombie from behind. However, she was far from one of the un-dead, rather her face and arms were glued to the small touchscreen of her cel phone. This would be grave yard creature was completely oblivious to the pedestrians she was obstructing who were moving towards her as well as myself as I approached from behind. Even as people struggled to get around her she ignored the outside world and, in zombie-like fashion, was devoid of even the most basic common courtesies usually extended between humans as they pass by each other during their daily lives. I have noticed cel phone etiquette, or the lack thereof, is becoming increasingly worse as the years and months march on. As I continued my run I wondered if our culture’s increasing reliance on technology and the pursuit more technology was necessarily a good thing.  Continue reading »