Fast Facts, Fast Food

Kids these days are just so lucky. To crank up a paper, all they have to do is google what they need to know about ala-Becky Bloomwood and voila, they get several thousand hits at least.
On the internet, websites are usually helpful for some of the basic stuff you need to know. That is what the net is usually good for. Information at your fingertips at the speed of light. Well, practically.
But separating good material from fodder is another thing altogether.
Now, as in the olden days, to do good research, one must still sometimes wade through musty, dusty, moldy books in the library and even the archives.
In fact, when you find good material on Google it’s often just on preview. You still have to purchase the book. Sometimes you strike gold on the net but there’s still nothing like a good old fashioned book to impart a bit of knowledge.
After all, there is a big difference between cooking 2-minute noodles with ready-made sauce, and conjuring a delight using only the choicest, freshest ingredients, all cooked lovingly to gustatory perfection.
And once again, Virginia, you should know that Wikipedia shouldn’t be anywhere a freakin’ ponencia.