Yesterday I was flying cross-country to Boston for the VON Show. (I cover Internet Telephony, too).

Had logged my 26 (I am not exaggerating) appointments on my (you only get one guess).

On the plane (with my Nextel BlackBerry 7520's radio off, of course)- I realized, much to my horror, that the scroll wheel would only let me navigate the theme screen vertically and not horizontally. So getting to my BlackBerry Calendar was a four-step process.

So I did something radical. I removed the battery. Then I re-inserted it.

I gotta tell ya, when that hourglass keeps running for several minutes, I freak. Freak as in "what if the theme screen doesn't appear this time?"

I put the BB away for a few minutes- crossed my fingers- and then...

SUCCESS, WOO-HOO!!

Takeaway: don't panic!!!