Our President Elect has one well documented bad habit, in addition to bumming a cigarette every once in a while- His problem? Blackberry Addiction!
Looks like help might be on the way.
At least one source of domestic strife is to be banished from the Obama White House: Barack Obama is under pressure to give up his beloved BlackBerry. Aides worry his email could get hacked and, no less serious, all presidential correspondence is meant to be retained for posterity. They reportedly want to do what Michelle Obama - who was recently spotted slapping her husband's hand as he checked email during his daughters' soccer game - has probably itched to do for years: grab the machine out of Obama's tightly curled fist, shove it in a drawer and lock it away for ever.
As someone who has wrestled with CrackBerry addiction myself, I want to reassure the new president that he can get through this. He needs to focus on the positive: now, at last, time off really will be time off. On long journeys, he can gaze out of the window, rather than have his head down, glued to a little screen. Family time really will be family time, not just hours spent with his body present but his mind still at work. He will find his mental batteries start recharging, the creative thoughts flowing again - because, with the BlackBerry gone, he will be able to step off the hamster wheel and think. Buzzle.com
eHow has some great ideas on breaking your crackberry habit. I hope the new staff in the westwing can help Barack overcome!
