Thank you for the essay, you have represented my views perfectly. I also have a GPS (mine's a Tom-Tom) and it is in the kitchen "junk drawer" (wasted $$). Tom drove me crazy, it took longer to set it up than to take a trip.
I also have trouble with the cell phone. It was very thoughtfully given to me by my daughter. Like your children, she also felt I needed it when traveling even if only to the store or town library. For financial reasons this has become my only phone. It will only ring 4 times before the voice mail takes over. I DO NOT live with the phone attached to my person! Either it is in another room or the bottom of my purse. I couldn't change the ring time because I didn't have the customer code. So I rarely answer the phone when it rings either I don't hear it or can't find it. I'm getting use to that and find I like not being bothered with the phone.
I am NOT on face book and don't "tweet". I have no intention of doing either.
And I will join you in being "bi-sacksual".
again, thanks for your post......