Internet Grocery Shopping Vs. Old School Grocery Shopping

I have company coming over this weekend and my fridge is near empty. I should go grocery shopping after work tomorrow. Oh no wait, I'll just go to peapod.com. Never mind that the grocery store is 2 doors down from my apartment. It's much easier to shop online and pay the delivery boy an extra 15%...

The holidays are only a few months away. What am I going to get for everyone? A few clicks here and there...and my shopping is done. The shopping hassle in the malls? It's so 1999.

The internet has become a necessary part of our everyday life. It began as a way to bring networks together and it's grown into a lifestyle. Research for a report is no longer done spending hours between dusty shelves at the library. A few clicks, the right keywords and you have all the sources you need for that 15 page paper. The joys of going to a music store and buying your favorite artists new CD, not knowing which songs you would like the best, has been replaced by downloading only the songs you like on iTunes...after listening to a preview of each one of course.

Need directions? Mapquest it. Need a definition? Google it. Need an Elvis Presley salt-shaker? EBay it. Need to find an old friend? Myspace it. Need that video to that one song from 1995 that you can't remember the name of? YouTube it.

Yes, the internet is a part of our everyday life and it has made everything so convenient. With everything good and positive, a negative side-effect must follow. The internet has become so convenient that it enables some people to be detached from society to the point of becoming a hermit...but a well-knowledgeable hermit who is dressed in the latest fashions. All dressed with nowhere to go but the other end of their webcam.