But, the point is, if the Macalope, who has a head shaped like a Classic Mac, can be open minded about Linux, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to expect Katherine to be open minded about things she doesn’t personally use.

And, yet, here we are. Popping Advil and drinking gin right out of the bottle.

It’s true that other manufacturers are still hot on Apple’s trail with their own iPad-like contenders, but the release of the iPad 2 made it clear that excitement with the devices is already fading.

Fading? Katherine, the for the iPad 2 . You still have to wait a month to order one online. Now you’re just making up things that fly in the face of what’s actually going on.

I see no reason to own a tablet, and fully expect them to fade out of the mainstream over the next few years.