I love technology...

Technologically, I feel like we, as a society, are quite advanced. So it irks me when things take longer to solve than I feel it should take. For instance, the BP oil spill took 70 days to cap. 70 DAYS! I scratched my head, dumbfounded, while day after day barrels and barrels of oil spewed into the ocean and a solution eluded us. Really? Someone hasn't figured this out after a day or so? Ridiculous.

However, I'm pleased when technology surprises me. My cell phone was "misplaced" around my house and Merril wasn't home to call it. So I run to my office computer and Google "can't find cell phone, call it" and up pops a website called "Where's My Cellphone?" A free service that allows cell phone users to enter a phone number, select the time to call (Now!, 30 seconds, 1 minute, etc.) and hit enter. The website says, "Your phone is ringing. RUN! Go find it!" After finding my phone and answering it, an exaggerated game-show host voice says, "Thank you for using Where's my cell phone!" and hangs up. Of course you can donate but it's not required.

So, with so many good technologically advanced tools in the world, some things just shouldn't take as long as they do.