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the battle of the deodorants
Originally uploaded by m1k3k.

I just realized how much my life has changed in the past few years. Right now, I'm sitting at Cafe Strada on Bancroft, across the street from UC Berkeley, enjoying a morning Americano and working on some text parsing/database stuff for work.

I just remembered that I needed to get some Splenda and deodorant so I fire up Amazon.com, found out that I can "subscribe(?!?)" to Splenda (yes, you heard me, you can subscribe to sugar substitute) and save 15%. I also found that I not only shopped for but discovered new deodorant faster than I could at any store...about 2 minutes. I decided to give Tom's of Maine deodorant a try since we use their toothpaste and all of their materials are sourced in the US. So, not only do I not have to drive to the pharmacy, find parking, search the aisles filled with child-labor-produced-discount-fire-non-retardant-stuffed animals for deodorant, AND wait in line, but I can find what I need cheaper with 2 day shipping AND no tax on Amazon.

Today I read that I should buy Walgreens stock since they've taken a nice dive...actually I think I'll sit that one out thank you very much.

Anyway, the other thing that struck me after I subscribed to my sweetener of choice is that I am sitting here with my phone attached to my PC and actually working. I know, I know, I've been doing this for a couple of years now, but it has just dawned on me that back in the good old days, right after college, I was pretty much shackled to my desk.

Remember that old IBM commercial with a skinny dude screaming at pigeons to buy and sell stock in the middle of St. Mark's Square in Venice? That has been my dream since I found out that cell phones actually existed. I think we're getting really close. I say 5-to-10 years tops until we get to the eye-embedded screen, ear-embedded speakers, brain embedded computer days.

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