More Modern Conveniences

In our society we have an unlimited supply of information. If you don't know the answers, Google can find it for you. There websites advertising every type of search imaginable.

I found a website a few weeks ago that offers you (That's right- YOU!) the ability to find any inmate in America and get loads of information on your criminal of choice for the new low price of $19.99 per month (in case it will take you a while to find everyone that you know in jail).

Somewhat related to that last option is the website that offers to find your high school classmates. If you want to see whatever happened to that jock that gave you a "swirly" in 9th grade, this is the website for you. It may tell you that he lives at 101 Easy Street in a $350,000 house or it may give you great satisfaction by routing you to the above mentioned website.

My personal favorite (other than google) is the recipe search on the Food Network's site (Everyday Italian is my favorite show on the Food Network). The next recipe I'm going to make is the Ginger Sea Bass.

The Internet marvel I recently experienced (on Saturday) is the wonder of package tracking. I placed an order on Wednesday on L.L. Bean's website for a hiking back pack (pictured above). Friday night I logged onto their site and checked where my package was- in 24 hours it had left Portland, gone to Boston, then Connecticut and had already left Connecticut headed south. I figured that I could reasonably expect to see it on Monday. Saturday morning I checked it again and found that during the night it had reached Charlotte and been shipped to Greenville and was listed as "out for delivery." This was very exciting.

The downside to this is that I spent my entire day on Saturday watching the driveway for the FedEx guy. When we went to the grocery store in the afternoon, I was afraid that he would come and not leave the package and I would have to wait for the next delivery on Monday. I had been perfectly content to know that my backpack would be here on Monday, but now that I knew its arrival was imminent, my impatience was overbearing. I was like a little kid waiting for Christmas.

My package finally came, actually while I was writing this post- I started it on Saturday, and my impatience has been satisfied ("I'm a patient man, but. . . "). Now if I can just finish some of these projects around the house and go hiking again.