More useless technology

As I said before, we seem to have an obsession in this country with technology we don't need. In addition to multi-colored, picture-taking, game-playing, MP3 blasting cell phones with terrible reception and amazing fragility, there also seems to be an insatiable need for laptops. Hell, I have one (well, my wife does). Do you know what we do with it? Click the blue E while watching TV. Yep, that's it. Occasionally we surf the web while watching TV. And it was worth every penny of it's 900 dollar price tag, I guess. At least that's what the dope at Best Buy told me while he was trying to convince me to buy the extended warranty (also a good value since you can only return the laptop to Best Buy if it breaks in the first 14 days. After that, you have to ship it to the manufacturer at your own expense). Sometimes, I need the laptop, though, like when my 2000 dollar plasma TV or 1200 dollar home theater go on the fritz. What am I supposed to do, have a conversation or read a book? Believe me, if I ever have to talk or read, it'll be to figure out how to ship one of my shoddy, unreliable technological wonders back to the factory for repair.