<\/a>While perusing the newspaper and sipping a latte at my favorite coffeehouse the other day, I was aghast to come across a full-page Comcast ad. (Thanks to the miracle of iPhones and picmonkey.com<\/a>,\u00a0you can view the image above.) As you can see, it shows two kids in a tent, glued to a glowing laptop screen. The bold heading floating in the night sky reads:<\/p>\n WHAT\u2019S POSSIBLE WHEN WI-FI IS IN MORE PLACES?<\/strong><\/p>\n Hovering like some creepy cyber miasma just above the tent are the words:<\/p>\n FRONT ROW IN THE BACKYARD<\/strong><\/p>\n What is wrong with this picture?<\/p>\n Let me be clear. First, I am not a fan of camping<\/a>, and have been known to long\u00a0for creature comforts (like beds, let alone wi-fi) when forced to spend time in a tent. Second, I am not above the judicious use of TV, DVDs, and other more modern forms of screen bribery when raising children, particularly before dinner during what a friend refers to as the Suicide Hour. Many a meal has appeared on the table, and many a death has been prevented, thanks to Mother\u2019s Little Electronic Helpers.<\/p>\n But seriously, Comcast\u2019s invasion of childhood strikes even me as going a bit too far. Kids should be out traipsing around the woods looking for ET, not streaming\u00a0him or his Despicable cousins on a laptop while hermetically zipped inside of a tent.<\/p>\n So I have only this to say to despicable Comcast:<\/p>\n WHY? FIE!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While perusing the newspaper and sipping a latte at my favorite coffeehouse the other day, I was aghast to come across a full-page Comcast ad. (Thanks to the miracle of iPhones and picmonkey.com,\u00a0you can view the image above.) As you … Continue reading