I miss the routine of choosing an album, removing it from its sleeve, washing the record, cleaning the needle, placing the tone arm just so and hearing the first contact in the groove and the subsequent ticks and pops just before the glorious music plays from the speakers- this is something I almost never do anymore since I went digital.
I also miss picking up an encyclopedia and browsing through it to see what might catch my attention, or the dictionary to see what new word might jump out at me - this is something I almost never do anymore since the advent of Google.
We give and we get.
I wouldn't trade what I have for what I had, but it's good to remember nothing's perfectly clean and life is a good set of trade-offs.
