Liberation is at hand! Yesterday I officially freed myself from the beatdown that is SprintPCS. I've been waiting months to give them the ax (as I had a 15-year contract I needed to fulfill), but now it's all done. I've been sick of their customer service since 1999 when I joined. The last straw was in October when my bill was $165. $165! And it was for 800-numbers I never heard of. So I called the fraud department, and they told me I'm full of shit. So I waited until May when my contract expired and canned them. And for a split second, I almost let the operator sweet talk me into staying. But then I thought of the 100 other calls with Sprint "customer service specialists" I experienced and snapped back into reality. I should have threatened to leave them when I was arguing the bill in the first place. Oh well, it's all over now thank goodness. I signed up with Verizon Wireless and got a cool Motorola Razr phone. The thing is like half an inch wide. It's the coolest thing I've ever seen. Plus Verizon is king up here in Mass., so I think the coverage will be superior here. Another plus, I get to call everyone else with Verizon for free (as opposed to Sprint who charges $5 a month for that privilege). So it's a good day!

(except for the trauma that just came in...little kid riding his bike, hit by car, broke his leg, will need OR fixation)