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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I think you have hit the nail on the head here. There is something very special about reaching out the door in your robe, snatching in the paper, and reading it with a good cup of coffee in your hand. Reading news online just does not have the same cozy, nostalgic feeling. Also, a lot of companies buy the daily paper for their employees to read on break. Back in the days when I worked full-time, I read the paper every single day during my morning and lunch breaks. If they would have said, "Go ahead, read your computer scren during your break," I would have totally ignored it. Having a "physical paper" affords for people to read it that otherwise would not seek out the information online.
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