Sign of the Times

75 cents?

My blank stare must have given me away this morning. I just didn't comprehend. But the guy behind the counter at the 7-Eleven wasn't lying. They raised the price as of Monday.

Funny, he must have told me when I bought the paper on Monday, but I paid him the old price anyway. Today I went back and made up the difference for both days.

I was kind of deflated...what else is going to change? Is the paper WORTH 75 cents? Do I want to pay that, or is this the tipping point where I say I'm getting my news online? I love to do the crossword puzzle, but maybe I can just print out the crossword puzzle and not pay for the whole paper.

Cramps my style, of course...I don't like changes. But maybe in the end I'll consume less paper, more trees will survive, and the world will be a better place.

Maybe.