Congress is holding hearings to reconsider the ban on mobile phone use in airplanes.  I am filled with dread.  Obviously, the safety issue is a joke and has been for years.  The evidence that there is no significant risk to radio and navigation systems from mobile phones ranges from the scientific to the tragic.

No, what I really worry about is the person next to me talking in an annoying tone of voice for the length of the flight or until her batteries run out (whichever comes first).  Ugh!