I have recently become aware of a disturbing medical phenomenon. Occasionally the nerves in my right thigh vibrate slightly for no reason. My friend Jason S calls it "The Phantom Vibration"... it's the feeling that you have an incomming phone call when the phone is not actually ringing. Sometimes the damn thing isn't even in my pocket, but my leg actually twitches.

The Phantom Vibration seems to be triggered just by *thinking* about getting a phone call. Or maybe it's triggered by a slight movement in the pocket which makes you jump to the conclusion that "Oh my God! Someone's Calling Me!" which causes the sudden need to reach for the phone. Could it be a physical manifestation of unhealthy obsession with connectedness? I have deliberatedly switched the pocket in which my phone sits in order to try to mitigate this somewhat.