So, here we are doing another one of these 23 things deals. Last time I don't think I finished all of the things, and most of them I don't use any more, so I'm not sure how useful this will be. I also have the world's simplest phone and the cheapest plan ever, so not certain how that will work out.
I do think it's annoying and exclusionary that Google now basically requires you to have a phone for validation of your gmail account (and let's not even discuss how obnoxious their plan to dominate the world through marketing is). I think this is unnecessary and makes it really hard for those who don't have that technology (and yes, there are a lot of people who do not have mobile phones, believe it or not).
We'll see how it goes...