The world around us

I am no longer surprised at the kind of things one can find on the Internet, everything from antique cars to psoriasis treatment centers and creams can be found on it. It really has changed the way almost everyone lives their lives now. I look up restaurants online to find their number, check flight status sites for latest updates on arrival and departure times for flights, see what the local theaters are playing and book my tickets online, the list really is endless. I serious wonder how we all lived our lives without the convenience of the Internet and mobile phones. I know we did, and happily did so, but once one gets used to it, it is hard to imagine life without it.

Just back from some time at Borders, one of my favorite hangouts. I love to sit at the Starbucks there, eat something, sip a hot chocolate and browse through books and magazines. There are not many places, besides your own home that you can do that. Yes, you can take your own book and sit at a cafe, but the choice and endless variety that is available at Borders is unmatched. I have loved both Borders and Barnes & Noble right from the first time I went there, and even though I like to vary it and go to some of the smaller and more quaint local book stores, it is fun going to a chain and being familiar with the set up, no matter where in the world you are. These companies have certainly done a good job and creating their own niche in the market, one that did not exist before they arrived on the scene.