(photo credit: Anya Garrett)
(This is what happens when a Sicilian breeds with an anorexic Viking)

Advances in communication technology has made people accessible 24/7, but it has also made lying to your friends the norm.

LYING FRIEND

I'd love to keep talking but my phone is dying. Sorry, I gotta go.

ME

What? I called you on your office's land line.

LYING FRIEND

(awkwardly)Ahh...yeah...umm...you're right , my cell is in my purse BUT my battery really is dying...um...ahh...I can't talk right now because it has lupus and I have to take it to the hospital. Bye.

(Dan Allen guest-blogged here all week.

For more, go to his daily blog, TaoofDan.com.)