Except that the kidlet tells me I spend more time than average telling it, "No, you may not have that permission, and I guess it's time to go through my preferences and deny permissions that you haven't even asked for yet."

Ha, yes. I have uninstalled apps before because they want too much access to my data.

and it literally walked itself off the counter

Oh no! Hee!

And that's very cool about your work desk. It's lovely when technology surprises you with its usefulness. ♥