My thoughts on these are I wonder if you live in a city (which I do) if you are more at risk for someone swipping the iPod, or just grabbing the whole thing off your head? I guess if someone wants you iPod bad enough, they’ll find a way to get it, but it seems like having it out there for people to see might encourage people who are undecided as to whether or not they should rob you to sort of say “what the hell? it’s just sitting there!” Assuming they can outrun you.

Then I wish you good luck with the Tinnitus when you actually contract it.

I gave myself Tinnitus a year ago in the left ear. It’s a real laugh, I tell you. Yeah, really good fun. When ever I’m alone I even take a couple of minutes to make my environment really silent so I can enjoy the noise it without any distractions. God it makes me laugh. Ha! There’s nothing like a high-pitched squeal for the rest of your life to really make you proud of yourself for having been a naive pratt for listening to music too loud.

Seriously: Grow up and be more responsible to your readers! If you listen to music too loud you WILL wreck your hearing. Believe me, you SHOULD be very wary of getting Tinnitus.

I wasn’t ‘afraid’ of tinnitus either before I developed it at the grand-old-age of 34. But now that I have it I’m absolutely terrified of it getting any louder.

I used to really enjoy loud music, especially while recording. I have had to cut music at a half-way-decent volume out of my life for good. Do you want to have to do this?