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I'm contemplating switching to Cricket or Virgin Mobile, who offer Pay-As-You-Go plans. You buy the phone up front, then pay $55 monthly, unlimited minutes and data, with no contract. It's a high initial cost, the phone costing $500+, but much cheaper monthly cost, and no long term commitment. Cricket gets the iPhone 5 later this month. Virgin currently only offers the iPhone 4, but I bet the 5 will come soon.

I find it interesting that he is still using that Apple display, keyboard and mouse released in 1999. They are beautifully designed, but I assume he has at least upgraded his CPU!

Don't do it!!!

If it were me, I would brighten the room by hanging some interesting paintings on the walls, adding some pieces, etc. But once you paint that gorgeous wood, you can't get it back.

Or, how about a white wash that lets the wood grain show through. The natural grain is so beautiful and good for the soul.

Man, that City Museum looks amazing!

Hey, I'm a moaner and groaner, what can I say? I'm not trying to ruin anybody's nostalgia. I just think Americana is a little bit more complicated than that photo suggests. America is a wonderful, diverse thing. Always has been. OK, sermon is over. Happy Fourth, everybody!

Nice photo. Say, where are all the non-white Americans?

I want to add that building something can be cheaper, and can give you something unique and very satisfying, so it's win, win. I am not a carpenter, or even a handyman, but I decided to try building my son's bed when he grew out of his toddler bed. I did a lot of searching online until I found a plan that suited my tastes--simple, modern, utilitarian--and that I thought was within my abilities--no power saw use, for example. I figured, hey, it's a boy's bed, why not experiment and see if I can do it myself? The bed turned out pretty good, and my son likes the fact that daddy built it for him. I also got a lot of pride over doing something for myself and trying something new.

Gaining some confidence, later on, when my wife and I upgraded our bed, we splurged a bit to buy a latex mattress, but I built the bed. Again, it was cheap, and took a little thinking and effort, but now we have this rather unique bed and it has really made the bedroom ours. I even felt confident enough to modify the original plan a bit. We love our bed, and I think it's my favorite thing in the entire house, now. I definitely show it off when we have company.

I am certainly tempted to lay down some dough for an Eames chair, but I honestly think that every time I looked at it, I would think, man that is beautiful, but is it really worth $800? Whenever I look at my bed, I think, that is beautiful, and I built it! You can't beat that.

Oh, man. We have experienced all of these. Only funny now when I'm not trying to get some sleep!

Man, this is one of my favorite designs. Whenever I look around for an older piece online, it invariably has some chips and flaws. If they are making new ones, it may prove way too tempting.

Have to say, this photo creeps me out. It's not cute, and just makes me think "danger".