Weird Imaginings Of One's Friends' Digital Whereabouts

Is it just me, or do you get the feeling you know where your friends are all the time, now that you've got texting, blackberrying, IM'ing, IRC'ing, plain old cell phoning and any other endless number ways to communicate with them.

And then ... they suddenly don't answer and you think ... "Hmmmm ... where the hell are they?" as if they belong to you and you keep them on a little digital leash most of the time.

And then don't you go right ahead and imagine where they are -- the athletes are triathleting, the cooks are flambe-ing, the parents are bedtime storying, the sexy single ones are partying -- and you are basing it on next to nothing, aren't you?