“Excuse me?”<\/p>\n

I’m walking along Carlton Street, iPhone in hand, looking for free WiFi (oooo! Days Inn has a big access point!), when someone approaches me.<\/p>\n

“Are you American?”<\/p>\n

“Huh? No,” I say.<\/p>\n

“Is it…” he starts, meaning the iPhone, “What’s it like?”<\/p>\n

“Perfect.” And I smile wide.<\/p>\n

He smiles too. Like we just shared our love of Jesus. We talk a few moments and I let him play with some buttons. “I need to get me one of those. February I guess.”<\/p>\n

“Or December, or 2008, or never. Rogers hasn’t really said.”<\/p>\n

His smile fades a bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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