What would I do without the internet?

What would I do without the internet? I can e-mail people and get a reply in little more than a minute later. I can find all sorts of information like recipes for a Christmas dinner or how to thaw a turkey. I can even track the enormous amount of calories I'll be intaking over the holiday. And, while I'm at it, I can keep massive lists of things I need to do, groceries I need to buy, gift ideas for people I care about. It makes me wonder what people did before all of this information was so easily accessible. Without the internet, I would have a much harder time keeping my thoughts and to-do's organized. For those of you who like to make lists, I highly suggest Gubb.net. It's free and you can make list after list. Plus, you can print them an apparently access them on your phone.

Just the other day I was flipping through the channels and they introduced a cop and I thought it was odd that they introduced him as a cop instead of a police officer because the show in general seemed more formal. But that got me thinking "Why is cop short for police officer?" So I looked it up.

Thinking back to when I was younger, and I had to write a paper, I always used an encylopedia for things. I suppose this was both good and bad because it made plagiarizing more difficult, but it also made getting a wider variety of sources more difficult.