On-line follies

Before the Globe and Mail on-line went “unlimited” thereby (oxy)moronically limiting me to only 10 articles per whenever, I could read without thinking twice (and btw give the ads the same attention I pay them in the print format). No, I am not going to subscribe — at least not when I still have the Huffington Post and the CBC at my fingertips.

But now I must exercise discretion and judgment so as not to waste my 10 newsy opportunities. So it’s tough choice: should I read about housing sales, Supreme court decisions, Hurricane Sandy and the American election or fritter away my time on the lonely elephant learning Korean or the dog poaching salmon? Sigh  ...