I just experienced something you only do when you're emailing someone who works in Washington, DC: the email-ending Blackberry notice.

Sent from my Blackberry

Well, big whoop. Why do I need to know you emailed me back from your Blackberry? Is it an excuse to write a shorter-than-normal response? Is it to show me how busy and important you are? Is it to prove that you can email from the bathroom?

And who is this mysterious Blackberry? Is there a Mr. Blackberry somewhere who created these things, and now he's got to put his damn name on each and every email sent from one of them? (Which is gajillions, if you consider how many people in just DC use them.)

I don't get it. Ignorance is bliss - I don't wanna know that email came from Mr. Blackberry. Better yet, I'm going to assign my Hotmail signature to say: Sent from my good old-fashioned personal computer. Sucka.