One day last week when I opened the front door, I noticed a new “Yellow Pages” phone book had been delivered. It was thick and heavy, and I lugged it inside and back to the study. There I retrieved last year’s edition of the same book. Together they could easily give me a backache or help a 2-year old reach the dinner table from a dining room chair!
My intent was to replace the old one with the new one on the shelf. But suddenly I realized that, in one whole year, I haven’t once opened the yellow pages! So I hauled them BOTH to the recycle bin.
When I need to know something about something, something about anything, or anything about something or anything about anything – I go to the Internet! Google is my new best friend.
Need a phone number? Internet. Plumber? Internet. Zip Code? Internet. Map or driving directions? Internet. Possible treatments for Aunt Sally’s latest illness? Internet. Picture for a greeting card or church bulletin? Internet.
It goes on and on and a world of information is there at the tips of your fingers.
The Internet is a rich and reliable resource for (almost) anything you need to know. Besides that, it expands what you need to know by taking you to places that tell you what you didn’t know you need to know.
As we blog around each Friday, we’ll explore some of this fascinating new universe. Besides, who needs all those heavy, bulky old phone books anyway?
1 comment:
You have that right. Last week I needed someone to help me with my computer(it had slowed down to a crawl) Looked in the yellow pages, but had much better luck on the internet of course.
Rita
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