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To me, the obvious solution is to always go for a TPK.

Fair enough. I am not sure I am fond of that ability either, but I would have to see it used in a few sessions before taking any action. I generally go with what's written, until I see it being OP in play, before doing any nerfing. Fortunately I haven't really come across anything wildly OP in...

Ah, didn't know they had a special version. It that case I would actually not give disadvantage, as it is a specific class feature and the extra difficulty would be like giving fighters disadvantage on their extra attacks. Also remember that disadvantage is quite a large.. disadvantage...

This reminds me of the missionary in the movie Erik the Viking. Because he didn't believe in the Norse gods (and therefore magic), every time something magical happened, he simply couldn't see it or found some mundane explanation for it :-)

Disadvantage seems more than fair. Actually I wouldn't allow disable trap and open lock checks at all. The key sentence in the spell description is "...you can't thread a needle". If disabling a trap or picking a lock is easier than threading a needle, there is no reason to bother with a rogue...

My plan was to let the PCs explore the lake in the upper right hand corner of the map and have it lead to a larger cave complex, maybe even with access to the Underdark.

There's a growing list of homebrew backgrounds here on EnWorld, including Farmer - http://www.enworld.org/forum/5ebackgrounds/browsecategory.php?c=1

I did a quick calculation on some of the treasure in Lost Mine of Phandelver. If the PCs find all the treasure before entering the mine, where they are assumed to have reached 4th level, it comes to just over 3000 gp (4000 if they score all the various rewards from the people of Phandalin) plus...

I would have a hard time choosing what I prefer between being hit with a baseball bat or stabbed with a dagger, so both of them doing the same damage seems fine to me.

Unless you have simultaneous initiative, I don't see this working. If you are after the owl, it has already moved away before your turn and it can't grant you advantage for being close to the opponent. If you are on the same initiative, I guess it might work, but I am not sure I would allow...

If nothing else, this thread has given me an irresistible urge to make my first 5e character a halfling wizard, just to see what all the fuzz is about (I usually GM, so I don't get many opportunities to be a player).