There used to be a saying, “If you were marooned alone on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean, and could have only one book, what book would you want to have with you to read?” Today (Saturday) I have an answer for that. I wouldn’t want any book; I would want a solar powered computer and access to the internet. Today I awoke to find that our phone line to the house was dead, and along with it any access to the internet through SDL. I felt stranded. I could not access email (except through my cell phone—which is a major struggle of miniature keys and screen). I could not watch a movie or documentary on Netflix. I could not access Wikipedia. I could not get the BOGO ads for Publix. I could not do my blog. I could not play my internet radio. When I discovered that the line would not be fixed until Monday at the earliest, I became like a baby deprived of his pacifier. How spoiled I’ve become in the relative few years that the internet has developed. What in the world will I do this weekend stranded without the internet? Perhaps I could read a book.
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