No, I’m Not Talking to You. The New York Times takes the proliferation of those little earbud-and-mic-bud hands-free cellular phone accessories as an opportunity to take another well-deserved potshot at all the people seemingly talking to themselves on city streets and in other public places. [Curmudgeon that I am, I love the approach to this constant barrage of people’s personal business in my aural space that someone once suggested — feel free to join into their personal conversations, offering observations and suggestions, since they’ve already been so kind as to include you. At best, it’ll chasten them and may change some behavior; at worst, at least you’ll have some fun.]