My Trusty Cell Phone

Deandre Bell, left, and Davonta Curtis. (Chicago Police Department, Twitter)

Man Googled ‘how to kill someone with a hammer’ before killing trans girlfriend with a hammer: prosecutors

April 14, 2026 8:28 AM Tim Hecke West Town

Prosecutors say a Chicago man Googled how to kill someone with a hammer before using one to beat to death a transgender woman he had been in a relationship with.

Deandre Bell, 24, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Davonta Curtis, 31, whose body was found by family members inside her apartment in the 2400 block of West Lake Street on April 8. Prosecutors said she had been in an on-again-off-again relationship with Bell.

In a detention filing, prosecutors said the two spent part of Easter Sunday together and video showed them returning to Curtis’ apartment building that evening. Sometime between 11:40 p.m. that night and early the next morning, Bell struck Curtis repeatedly in the head with a hammer, prosecutors alleged. Surveillance video then shows Bell leaving the apartment building alone at 1 a.m. on the morning after Easter.

Curtis’ sisters, concerned after not hearing from her for a couple of days, found her body naked and partially covered by a sheet. Her blue 2009 Hyundai and her car keys were missing from the apartment.

Full story: Man Googled ‘how to kill someone with a hammer’ before killing trans girlfriend with a hammer: prosecutors - CWB Chicago

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Escaped Wage Slave: HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE

Escaped Wage Slave: CELL PHONE II (w/feeling)

Escaped Wage Slave: CELL PHONE DIVORCE

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Prison Cell Phone

ROOKE: Schools Are Finally Tackling The Greatest Threat To American Children

ROOKE: Schools Are Finally Tackling The Greatest Threat To American Children | The Daily Caller

Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer August 20, 2025

As technology use among young Americans increases, educators are finally receiving the support they need to address significant classroom challenges.

School districts in states like California, Colorado, Georgia, Maine, Ohio, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia are banning the use of cell phones in some capacity during the school day. This is not an exhaustive list, as thousands of school districts in at least 22 states across the country have implemented technology policies that restrict access to personal devices. However, it shows that, across political lines, there is a growing understanding that unfettered access to technology has been detrimental to our children.

... It doesn’t take much mental effort to understand that having a cell phone in a classroom is going to lead to learning loss. But unless you are a parent or are around teens and young adults, it’s hard to grasp just how bad cell phone usage is for their mental health.

...Our children deserve better than a lifetime dependency on a product that makes them anxious, depressed, and dumb. It seems astonishing that it has taken this long for school districts to ban cell phones, and that every district in the country has not instituted a strict no-device policy. Still, there is hope that as the school districts that banned cell phones report the positive effects on students, more will join the fight.

But even with this new hope, the reality is that the battle will not be won until parents opt out of giving their young children phones in the first place.

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Escaped Wage Slave: HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE

Escaped Wage Slave: CELL PHONE III

Escaped Wage Slave: An Homage to Love*

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HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE

HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE

MY, YOU ARE ATTRACTIVE

I'M SURPRISED YOU WOULD TALK TO ME

YOU EVEN ALLOWED ME A SENTENCE AND A HALF

THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME

CAN'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED?

>HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE

TELL YOU I SAID

HAVE A GREAT DAY

HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE

TELL YOU I SAID

YOU DON'T LISTEN TO A WORD I SAY

OUR STERLING CONVERSATION

LASTED A WHOLE SEVERAL MINUTES

I'M HONORED DEEPLY IN MY HEART

I WAS OPTIMISTICLY HOPEFUL

UNTIL YOUR PHONE CAME OUT

AND I KNEW IT WAS TIME TO PART

>HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE

TELL YOU I SAID

HAVE A GREAT DAY

HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE

TELL YOU I SAID

YOU DON'T LISTEN TO A WORD I SAY

I'LL NEVER KNOW YOU

YOU'LL NEVER KNOW ME

WITH YOUR HEAD INSIDE THAT BOX

DON'T WANT TO KNOW YOU

DON'T CARE TO KNOW YOU

YOUR HEAD IS FULL OF ROCKS

>HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE

TELL YOU I SAID

HAVE A GREAT DAY

HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE

TELL YOU I SAID

YOU DON'T LISTEN TO A WORD I SAY

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CELL PHONE III

 published December 13, 2020

CELL PHONE 

YOU TAKE A PICTURE FIRST, DON’T EVEN ASK 

I’M GOING TO TAKE THAT FUCKING CELL PHONE AND JAM IT UP YOUR ASS 

TALKING TO YOU, YOU USE IT TO CHECK MY FACTS 

I’M GOING TO TAKE THAT CELL PHONE AND JAM IT UP YOUR ASS 

BE HUMAN. LOOK ME IN THE EYE. HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION. YOU WON’T DIE. 

HEAR IT RING, YOU BETTER PASS 

OR I’M GOING TO JAM THAT FUCKING CELL PHONE UP YOUR ASS 

TRY TO SHOW ME A PICTURE OF A PRETTY LASS 

I’M GOING TO JAM THAT CELL PHONE UP YOUR ASS 

BE HUMAN. LOOK ME IN THE EYE. HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION. YOU WON’T DIE. 

I KNOW WE ARE LIVING IN DAYS FUTURE PAST, 

I DON’T CARE 

I’M GOING TO JAM THAT FUCKING CELL PHONE UP YOUR ASS 

I’VE GOT A MISSION, I’M UP TO THE TASK 

TO SHOVE ALL YOUR CELL PHONES UP YOUR ASS 

BE HUMAN. LOOK ME IN THE EYE. HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION. YOU WON’T DIE. 

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It Could Never Work

GOODBYE, MY LOVE

When she started to communicate with emojis I should have known it was over.

Her personality was sucked into her screen. along with everyone else. Her personality became digital. I crave for human analog company. Digital people are not people in my world. They are reactionary robots fueled by emotion. I can't help but do human things, sometimes not the smartest human things. I act human. Her phone tells her how to act.

It could never work.

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https://escapedwageslave.blogspot.com/2020/12/cell-phone-ii-wfeeling.html

https://escapedwageslave.blogspot.com/2022/08/cell-phone-divorce.html

https://escapedwageslave.blogspot.com/2023/11/an-homage-to-love.html

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THE GOO ZOO

LIVING AT THE GOOZOO

GOOGLE ANIMALS IN A GOOGLE ZOO

ALWAYS BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO

IT BEEPS, IT RINGS, WHISTLES I ANSWER

LOOKING AT THIS SCREEN WILL GIVE ME BRAIN CANCER

I DON'T CARE!

I NEED THE BYTS AND THE BITS AND THE BITS AND THE BYTS

THE GIGA MEGA TETRA BLUE SCREEN LIGHTS

WHERE DO IT GO? WHAT IS THE 'CLOUD'? MUST BE PART OF THE SHOW

THEY NEED TO KNOW WHEN I TRIM MY TOES

I DON'T CARE!

IT'S MY SMART PHONE THAT LEAVES A PERPETUAL BLANK STARE

IT TELLS ME WHERE TO GO AND HOW TO GET THERE

IT TELLS ME WHERE THE FISH ARE

MY MOTHER COULD NOT IMAGINE I'D TALK TO A CAR

I DON'T CARE

FEED ME, HOUSE ME, CLOTHE ME IF IT FITS

HAVE YOUR BYTES TICKLE MY BITS

IT'S JUST LIKE THE REAL THING 

GET FAT, DIE YOUNG, ANSWER THAT RING

I DON'T CARE!

I'M HAPPY IN MY ZOO CELL WITH MY CELL PHONE

UNDERNEATH THE CELL TOWER

BOMBARDED WITH FREQUENCIES BY THE HOUR

DESTROYING MY CELL TISSURE 

ALONG WITH THE BUGS, ALONG WITH THE FLOWERS

I DON'T CARE!

THE JUNKYARD HAS A PILE OF COKE MACHINES FROM AGES AGO

RUSTING, BROKEN, A FEW ON ANTIQUES ROADSHOW

NOT MANY IN THE POPULATION THESE DAYS

THEY DIDN'T WORK THE BIG UGLY MACHINES HAD TO GO

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CELL PHONE

CELL PHONE 

YOU TAKE A PICTURE FIRST, DON’T EVEN ASK 

I’M GOING TO TAKE THAT FUCKING CELL PHONE AND JAM IT UP YOUR ASS 

TALKING TO YOU, YOU USE IT TO CHECK MY FACTS 

I’M GOING TO TAKE THAT CELL PHONE AND JAM IT UP YOUR ASS 

BE HUMAN. LOOK ME IN THE EYE. HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION. YOU WON’T DIE. 

HEAR IT RING, YOU BETTER PASS 

OR I’M GOING TO JAM THAT FUCKING CELL PHONE UP YOUR ASS 

TRY TO SHOW ME A PICTURE OF A PRETTY LASS 

I’M GOING TO JAM THAT CELL PHONE UP YOUR ASS 

BE HUMAN. LOOK ME IN THE EYE. HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION. YOU WON’T DIE. 

I KNOW WE ARE LIVING IN DAYS FUTURE PAST, 

I DON’T CARE 

I’M GOING TO JAM THAT FUCKING CELL PHONE UP YOUR ASS 

I’VE GOT A MISSION, I’M UP TO THE TASK 

TO SHOVE ALL YOUR CELL PHONES UP YOUR ASS 

BE HUMAN. LOOK ME IN THE EYE. HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION. YOU WON’T DIE. 

Lab Rats

Duh. Didn't See It Comin':

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8184149/Email-has-turned-us-into-lab-rats.html

Increasing levels of information overload from computer and smart phone screens cause a “bottleneck” in the brain and prevent any deep thought, according to Nicholas Carr, former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review.

His comments add to the weight of evidence that our addiction to technology and the snippets of information it provides is damaging our ability to apply our power of thought in a meaningful way.