Familiar with the expression "the stuff the dreams are made of"? Well, this stuff seems to be steel; and copper; and plastic. Metaphors are not as feather-light as they used to. Where the hell did all those books disappeared?

iPod, PSP, Nikon, PowerBook, cables, chargers, adaptors, batteries, headphones—God, that's what I call heavy lifting! Aren't these gizmos beginning to weight like half a ton? Do you carry this kind of deadweight when you're traveling? Maybe you're a bodybuilder, then. I'm not.