Signs of Internet Overdependence

Me, just a few minutes ago:

"Lessee, I nee to find out when the Nick Sterling show starts tonight. Probably nine, but he’s pretty young so he may do an earlier show. I’ll just look up Dr. Feel Good’s in Qwestdex and give them a call to find out. Dammit, the server is not connecting. Try it again. Dammit! It’s still not connecting! Great, I’ll just have to use another online phone directory. Since I don’t know any other online phone directory web addresses, I’ll have to use Metacrawler to find one. Or…

(blinding flash of brilliance)

…I could check the business listings in the phone book on the book shelf four feet from my head."

C’mon, I know a lot of you have done stuff like this. Right? It isn’t just me, is it?

Why would anyone look up show times in one of those ghastly “newspaper” things when you can sit in front of your computer for fifteen minutes waiting for the show times site to download? My fingers stay cleaner that way…

Besides, the newspaper is all the way over on the coffee table (about three feet behind me).