My new Blogher essay on Love & Devices--tech, relationships & more tech--this is one of the funniest posts in a while. An excerpt:
"Truth is, I don't see the tweets, the texts and the email scanning I engage in almost as frequently as breathing as a rejection of my sweetie and my pals, I see them as my chance to take hits of an Interwebs oxygen that keeps my blood gases stable, a virtual relationship CRM that--much to my shock--can make my real life significant other and my pals feel a little slighted. ("Uh, sorry," I mumble, as I slip it back into my pocket.)

And then, there is my computer. It's not that my MacBook Pro--now covered with stickers and a little banged up from 12 months of travel--is any different than anyone else's--it's that this little machine is the gateway to my LIFE. Email, blogs, twitter, facebook, writing, poetry, photos, music--they're all crammed inside this machine, my very own looking glass and two-way mirror to Wonderland."

The rest is here.