So everybody assumed I’d be standing in line for the iPhone from Apple Inc. Um, hello, I don’t do lines — and I have a perfectly good BlackBerry (from Research in Motion Ltd., with phone service from T-Mobile), that serves the same purpose.

Like an old, worn pair of pajamas, there is something comforting about being able to deftly answer the phone, call up messages, e-mail or text message, and even load pictures of the twins — all with the same device and without having to learn a new user interface.