Thoughts

Today I priced laptops -- just in case (the inevitable case, it seems) that my laptop will not be resurrected. Not the greatest of situations, but sh!t happens and God gave us credit cards.

So I price laptops. Here, there, everywhere: where shall Joe get a laptop? HP.com or on the streets of Moscow? Should I worry about US compatabilty?

As I ponder these questions, I also ask myself: is a laptop all that necessary? Can I get around Europe without one?

Life existed before laptops. As I hand-write my essays in a leather bound notebook (to be transcribed and re-imagined on my parents' computer in Illinois), I debate my dilemma. Should I lay down more money for another computer; or, should I just plan ahead and risk the perils of being internetless in an ever increasing online world?

Time will tell. Hopefully I won't be stranded in the mountains of Spain, raising my fists towards Heaven in anger, cursing my lack of technology.