Wednesday, December 06, 2006  If They Keep This Up, You Won't
Have To Get A Chick Drunk To Get Laid Anymore  Has everyone
heard about this new "Hug Me" shirt? No, it's not a summer
version of the straightjacket, but a shirt embedded with all
sorts of sensors, and actuators, and gizmos and gadgets that can
actually simulate a hug from another human being. The shirt uses
Bluetooth technology, and therefore can be activated via cell
phone from anywhere in the world.  So what this means is, that I
could give one of these to my ol' lady, call some magic number
from my cell phone in the middle of the night, and give her a
virtual "hug" from the comfort of my rattly old truck cab.
Yippee, sounds great. What will they think of next?  This is
assuming of course that:  A - My cellphone had signal long
enough to actually complete the call, which is seldom/never.  B
- She happened to be wearing it when I called.  C - She was
awake and had consumed an adequate quantity of coffee when I
activated it, thus preventing me fro