As I’m starting to write this blog post, the first thing I want to do is ask you if you really thought that I *wouldn’t* find a picture of a pink cell phone with Santa on it. Of course I would. All I had to do was search for Christmas phone and it magically appeared on the first row of the first page of results. Interestingly enough though, without context, you’re probably still wondering why the hell I decided to search for Christmas phone to begin with. But alas, never fear, I am here to explain and calm all your fears. Also, I’d just like to add that I don’t know where to purchase said phone. My apologies in advance to all those that wanted to give me one for Christmas.

So, to the point. As I was sitting here tonight researching some things for work, this grand idea popped into my head to surprise people with phone calls for Christmas. I don’t get much time but even 10-15 minutes might be nice. Then I decided, why just leave it at that. Why not make 12 phone calls. On 12 days. And hell, while we’re at it, let’s make those 12 days the same as the 12 days of Christmas. What a grand idea.

And so thus the idea has been born and put into place. I call it Project 12 Days of Christmas. When are these 12 days you ask? Well, for all those uneducated folk, the 12 days start on Christmas Day, December 25th and go until the day before the Epiphany, which is on January 6th.

What will this entail? I am contemplating two strategies. One involves taking every contact with a phone number in my BlackBerry and randomly picking 12. Another involves pre-picking 12 people listed in my BlackBerry and then randomly drawing them for days.  Either way, no one will know until they are called.

I think this will be fun. I am going to try my best to stick to this plan. Of course, I can’t set my schedule, and calls may be impossible some days or at a time that is really convenient for those behind GMT

I’ve only ever had one mobile phone provider. I’ve had them for almost a decade now. I will never switch.

My mobile provider of choice is Sprint.

No, they may not have the iPhone. No, they may not have the hippest commercials and some may continue to talk about the bad service they’ve had with them. However, every time I start to debate other companies, Sprint does something fantastic to make me so proud that they’re my carrier.

In the past it’s been the fact that I have never had a bad signal anywhere I’ve been with the exception of being way far underground. This holds true nationwide. Other times it’s been the great service I receive anytime I call them with an issue and the promptness in which they resolve it. It’s been that I can suspend my phone account while I’m going to have a period of time where I won’t be using it and pay a fraction of the cost and hold my phone number. Numerous other things such as unlimited text *with* my data plan without paying extra, a damn good cost on an unlimited data plan, and night and weekend minutes starting at 7pm have kept me a loyal customer.

Earlier this week I discovered something that has blown the roof off of all the fabulous things they’ve done so far. Occasionally when I realize I’ve been using my phone more than I normally do, I’ll check to see where I’m at as far as usage. I typically don’t talk on the phone a lot and use probably 100 times more data so I never saw the need in an unlimited minutes plan, especially with my early night and weekend start time and my free Sprint to Sprint calls.

This week I discovered I was automatically given Sprint’s newest feature Any Mobile, Anytime! What does this mean? It means exactly what you think. Any mobile number from any carrier is unlimited to me just like my original plan which included unlimited Sprint to Sprint minutes. Pretty much all the calls I ever place now will be unlimited for me, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Thank you Sprint! I have spent nearly a decade with you and hope to spend many decades more. Your phone is only as good as your network, and you have raised the bar.