Sweetness & Light

No Feud Like an Old Feud

FAST food is a delightful convenience, but to those of the tablecloth-and-cutlery generation it does somewhat cheapen the overall dining experience. Likewise, while the internet may allow access to all manner of information at an instant, this also involves a certain decline in dignity. Majestic libraries of the previous century contained their wisdom within solemn, near-silent surrounds. Online, even a search for literary antiquities is likely to be accompanied by raucous advertising and any number of visual and sonic distractions. You know, there really is a market out there for Oldtimer Internet. Pages could load with graceful ease, perhaps accompanied…

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