iPod or iWalk?

i love my ipod. and i love walking around this city. but more and more i'm figuring out that it is utterly dangerous to combine the two.

i have, on more than one occasion, been so entranced by the music or the gadget itself that i've failed to notice oncoming traffic.

it's truly life-threatening.

i literally almost got smacked by a bus one day. A BUS.

so this morning i was crossing the street without use of the crosswalk of course and as i was halfway to the other side and casually turning my head to the right - not even with the intention of glancing for traffic, but merely to look about - i found myself nose to nose with an suv. an suv that had kindly slammed on its brakes within a few inches of where i was standing.

they should put warning labels on these ipods:

walk at your own risk.