The smartphone. Why I'm late to the party.

I finally succumbed to the smartphone. The web-enabled world is now at my fingertips. I avoided it for so long.

I put if off for many reasons. I didn't want to turn into a heads down kind of guy. I feared my brethren at Crest would revoke my seat license. I feared I'd annoy people. I didn't want to become lazy thinking about the questions I thrive on throughout the day, and this was the biggie. Would I forget how to think? I've carried around a notepad forever writing questions down. I'd think about them during the day and at night, delve into the web to figure them out - if my curiosity on that particular topic lasted that long.

In the past week I've had the following questions perking away:

• How does the female:male twitter participation differ from the female:male membership?
• Can I do my own front bearing job? I read lots and no.
• Am I callous because I eschew the sbux tip jar? (haha, that's a joke)
• Will my vertical flamethrower work? I'm concerned about the airflow in the cylinder.
• What's the state of the arsenic-containing bacterium discovery?
• Why did CMH -> CDG tix plummet this past week and are now expensive again?
• What is it like to bake in a silicone pan?
• Where the hell is Homestead Park?
• How does a prisoner find enough hope to live?
• Why does the Kroger-brand of instant active yeast reproducibly suck?
• How will we survive the daycare gap between end of school and beginning of Summer camp?
• When does the Summer series of Studio 35 kid movies start?
• When do I capitalize seasons?
• The logistics of do ahead dough for pizza production, anticipating a pizza 'n pbr tweetup ...
• The confusion of personal and market norms when it comes to end of year gifts for teachers ...
• etc.

I should have known. Even with the web, the answers aren't so immediate. Wisdom gleaned from the web, regardless of how fast it is delivered, rarely stops an inquiry, it provides a piece to the puzzle.

It's been a weeek and I have no buyers remorse. I still think, I listen to more audiobooks, I still have my seat at Crest, I still avoid phone conversations at any cost, but I do indulge in the occasional move in a Words with Friends game between sips of ale, sorry.