I love technology! I am 47 years old and I have an iPod, Droid, Laptop, SLR digital camera, Hard Drive Video Camera, Blue Rae video player, 42” HD TV and we don’t have time to get into my kitchen toys. Last Christmas Kristi got me a Sony Reader. We returned it quickly; I finally hit a piece of technology that I had no desire to use.

I did not like reading books on a screen, which is funny considering that I read countless blogs all day long on my computer screen. If I want to read a book I need to feel the paper between my fingers, dog ear pages, write notes in the column, and highlight great passages. Reading was not fun for me on my Sony.

The reason I write about this is because I had my full realization today at breakfast while I sat in my quite corner with my Sugar Free, Non-Fat, Vanilla Latte reading a newspaper. I don’t read newspapers as much as I use too. I would rather get my news from the internet, blog and my NPR. Yet today I desired to have my fingers smudged from a dying print media. It was Zen like! It shot me back to 1980 and setting in Hardees with my dad before school reading the sports page over a Steak and Egg biscuit. It was not only nostalgic but it was real. I guess every now and then you just need to hold a newspaper.