"Fervent" doesn't describe Mom. I gave her and Dad their first computer about 8 years ago. Dad learned to play solitaire. Six weeks after I gave it to them, Mom called me up and asked me which was the best "unzip" program for the files she'd been downloading. Mom, to our surpise, turned out to be the tech whiz of the family.

For Father's day, I gave Dad a Palm VII. You guessed it -- Mom has him organized and lets him play Solitaire on it. Meanwhile she kidnaps it to do stock quotes on and nab street maps as they travel.

Maybe we should get mom her own PalmPilot?

BTW, she turns 79 this year.