Trust me, fella, my 4-year old engages us in conversation regardless of what activity we've got her doing.

There are also plenty of studies that suggest ADD and ADHD are overdiagnosed by pill-pushing doctors. Studies! Science!

Indeed, the default is a keyboard I can drag my finger across in lieu of typing words. And that is nice.

4G coverage is pretty spotty in Columbus, Georgia. 3G is pretty good.

I know that I'm going to have to absorb just over 1.21 gigawatts of ire for saying this but...

I know. The post was intended for comedic consumption, only.

Meh. Mine is bare metal and the constant vibration makes my hands go numb. I'll try this.

But but but but... But fragmentation, Whitson! If you don't immediately upgrade to the newest possible iDevice, Apple will be fragmented!

Shep. It's your kitchen, buddy. Every day is International Bacon Day.

I didn't see anyone post about this, but I felt like it was worth mentioning:

Surely you're not implying that 2 weeks of vacation annually indicates the job is easy.

This. So, basically, your iPhone exists as a status symbol, yeah? I mean, you could totally have a "distraction free" phone right this second, what with the feature phone you literally call out at the beginning of the article.

Do you think we've got plenty of options if we do want to kill ourselves?

You heard it here, first, folks: being passionate about [insert thing you're passionate about here] is douchey, fanboyish, and it bewilders this guy.

I'm not so sure that the advantages to owning a home exist anymore. It used to be that home ownership ensured you had a relatively safe investment, because real estate was more or less stable. That's not so true anymore (natch). Now, with the value of your home sinking nearly constantly, the cost of maintenance,…

YOU are an individual with your own thoughts and ideas. Is it still good to know and be able to use what the rest of the world uses, but that doesn't mean you are forced to exactly.

That's an appeal to common practice.

It's a good question, and there's a decent enough response to it. Although, most folks ain't going to like it:

Hey, so, since it's a hobby and something I enjoy—-and not something I spend so much money on it's threatening to put my family in the poor house—-is it cool if I continue to drink my craft beer? It is consumed, true. It's not forgotten.

I remember how tough it was to cook for my wife and I, before the kids. It really is a lot easier and cheaper to do it for four. Counterintuitive, I know.