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Wallet Zero!

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Around three or four years ago I ditched my wallet and I've never looked back. It has been such pleasure to only have to carry my phone (with credit card and drivers license). One fewer things to worry about and it means I'm really good about always having both my phone and wallet. With each new phone (4s, 5s, 6s+) I've bought the Hex Wallet case and it's been amazing, the first one was smooth leather and the next two have been a weird fake snake skin texture, but it is the slimmest wallet case I have ever found and it has an open bottom so that all the various chargers and docks connect without issue. I continue to scan all of my other wallet cards and keep them in a sync'ed photo album. Barcode scanners seem to work just fine on the cards on my phone. I recommend you give up your wallet too.  

The Times, They are a Changing

In 1999 I was in college and you couldn't really pre-order movie tickets online (or even in advance); you had to go to the theater the day-of. So you people camping out FOR WEEKS to buy Episode I tickets. On opening night a friend called me around 7pm, "so they're showing it 24x7 at the big theater and basically ALL THE SCREENS. Why don't we just go and get the first tickets we can?" So it was that I saw Episode I at 3am on opening night.  30s skip forward a few times to 2015 and Episode VII has been out for 3 nights and I haven't seen it. Because, you know, life is in the way with kids and work and Christmas and all that fun. Also, in my old age I've learned the actors in movies tend to give a pretty consistent performance, even if you don't see it opening night.