Nochee is a restaurant and bar in downtown Minneapolis that by all accounts, caters to the unattached and newly unattached business crowd.

You know... Lexus, in-town loft, very comfy and growing portfolio, dressed to the nines, drinking the wines, politically liberal but fiscally conservative.. the finer things in life.

And as many of us would maintain, the finer things in life sometimes come in carbon casings of that other chromosome.

And for those of us who have gotten lu.. I mean, have met some really nice folks in these types of establishments, part of the initial hurdle is getting heard above the din.

But text-messaging requires no sound. Just a handheld communications device and a spare hand (while the other holds your fine Merlot).

To the rescue comes a thus-described Minneapolis restaurant and bar called Nochee. Every Thursday night, they give out a total of 50 BlackBerrys already set up for text messaging. They are only yours for the evening, but during the evening, the massive text-messaging and pingfest goes down.

At closing time, that's when the BlackBerry fest ends. You have to return them. But I wouldn't bet against every once in a while, the introductions facilitated by this promotional text-messaging communication perpetuate after closing time.