…cell phones will be banned. There will be no more loud guy in the line at the bank who thinks I care about his business. No more irritating lady in the grocery store yelling into her phone “What? I didn’t hear that. No, the phone is breaking up.” No more loud ringer in the middle of a movie, or a speech, or during a wedding. No more Bluetooth headsets on the ears of every dork I see. No more 50dB ring tone from the cubicle next to me while I work. No more Nextel beep.

In place of cell phones, I will install a wireless text-messaging system. It will not have a ringer… just a simple LED that changes color when you’ve received a message. Expensive models can vibrate. There will be a 200-character limit on messages to prevent people from rambling on and on. It will be seamlessly compatible with internet-based chat clients, and it will be illegal to use one while driving. I don’t mind if it plays music… through a headphone jack. I don’t even mind if you want to check sports scores or watch videos on it. But I don’t want it disturbing ME any more.