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A morning ritual that I enjoy is waking up to the radio feeding me small breakfast-in-bed nibbles of the happenings of the world outside my warm covers and pulled shades. After I roll out of bed and into my fuzzy slippers, I make my way down the stairs and brace myself for the five-second blast of cold, outside air needed to reach the newspaper laying neatly folded on the front step. I snatch it up and close the door and then bring it in to the warm nexus of the kitchen where I gather a plate or two with the paper to indulge in a breakfast to feed my stomach and socially responsible conscience. It's a comfortable way to wake up to the world in a private way, without having to really deal with the world yet. ...So the concept of blogs and a news source like MinnPost.com shakes my comfortable world a little bit. No hard copy delivered to my door? Oh, there are hard copies but I would actually have to go outside to a local business to obtain one. I could turn on my computer in the morning and replace the physical newspaper with that, but I worry that some blackberry seeds from the jam on my toast will get stuck in the keys. Then there's the business of comments added to stories. No longer is a story full and complete and ready to be put away after I finish the last sentence - now there are little blurbs from other readers in addition to the main story. My privacy is completely invaded. I wanted to think for myself, thank you! ...Another thing that I am comfortably and slowly waking up to is that I am a creature of habit, and change is not always bad - even if the initial shock is as bad as that five-second blast of cold, outside air...


...what I try to avoid when I first wake up in the morning...

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