Google Reader?

As many of you my readers have probably long ago discovered, Google/Gmail has a feature called "Google Reader" with which you can subscribe to your favorite websites, such as news and blogs, and it tells you when said sites have been updated. (For example, how many of you discovered THIS post via Google Reader? Exactly.) I suppose it saves time, avoids pop-ups, and eliminates annoying website art/advertisements.

But isn't that half the fun?

It's like shopping online. Sure, you don't have to get dressed. You don't have to leave the house. You don't even have to make a phone call. With a click of a mouse you have yourself a sofa, magazine, fur coat. Ok, sure, it's great. But, isn't getting up and going to the store nice? Getting helped at the store? Trying the clothes on before you buy them? I appreciate these things.

Google Reader makes me think about this. I LIKE going to my friends' blogs and well, judging them. What sort of layout have they chosen? What font do they use? Which blogs are on their blogroll?

I'm sorry, Google, Reader is just not my favorite feature.

Also, one day I am going to have a post entitled, "Products for the Lazy American."