Connected Loner Gifts

"I can't remember the last time I had a face-to-face conversation with a real live human being. . ."

City Marathon.

'Yes, it is large for a smart phone, but then it does do absolutely everything.'

Technological Dependence.

'Openly sobbing, or non-openly sobbing?'

Martin hated dining alone – but loved the savings.

"This isn't working out, Henry...I'm a social butterfly and you're just an annoying little moth!"

Mobile Phones

"I swear- the next one of you that beeps at me is gonna be sorry."

'Will you be dining alone tonight, Sir?'

"I'm not afraid of being alone. I just need someone around to discover my corpse because I can't afford a housekeeper."

'I told you that nobody would show up.'

Quiet night? Liven up that game of solitaire with a Mexican wave.

"With all the tech handy, there's really no reason to be late, lost or out of style."

I love 'getting away from it all,' and connected with my laptop, phone and Blackberry, it won't get away from me!

"Have you been here long?"

'... and with the advent of Email, fax machines, cellphones and Blackberry's, more and more executives are working from home.'

'Just because I'm eating alone doesn't mean you should suggest the 'loser' special. But I'll take it.'

"I said, 'You're starting to get on my nerves'!"

"I'm certain my side isn't a WiFi hotspot."

Get home. No one there. Oh, the joy of the house to myself!

"You unfriended them all - remember?"

Addiction to mobile phones

'So long, old friend.'

"Hey pal, what I do above the tree line is my business and nobody else's."

Digital emigrant

"Leave your phone in airplane mode again?"