I've been spending quite a bit of time online this past week, exploring possible vacation destinations for the future.

While reading a message board from one of the cities, a board populated by American and Canadian expats, it struck me what a truly amazing tool the Internet has become in what has been a short amount of time.

Twenty years ago it would be extremely hard, if not impossible to get instant, in-depth information about a city half way across the globe. Outdated, superficial stuff intended for tourists and history buffs, sure. Up to the minute information about a brand spankin new restaurant on an out of the way street, impossible.

This wealth of information of course covers all aspects of our lives, good for so much more than just travel.

Heck, everything one could ever want to know about BDSM and female domination is right here, free for the taking. Just imagine how hard it would have been to get good solid information about female domination as recently as 1980. Ronald Reagan doesn't seem all that long ago, but the volume and quality of information we all have at our fingertips now would have been unimaginable to most adults during his Presidency I think.

Change is I suppose a constant in our lives. Perhaps sometimes we dwell upon and remember negatives brought about by change, but we should also remember the positives, the truly wonderful enhancements to our lives that change brings.