Technology Is Inevitable

To give Mom a little space and time to concentrate on job-hunting, I took Gavin out on a pilgrimage I have been meaning to make for a while.

Back East, I used to make a trip to Microcenter or one of the other techo-shrines in Manhattan on a monthly basis. Outside of Denver, however, I have found the tech store situation to be very similar to the restaurant scene in our town -- there are a several national franchise chains, but nothing with a high-caliber specialty. Don't get me wrong...Best Buy and P.F. Chang's have their uses, but sometimes you need more.

Fortunately, there is a Microcenter in Denver. It is at least a thirty minute drive from our home and would definitely have been out of the question to drag Kiersten to. For just Gavin and me, it turned out to be a perfect father-son trip.

Although I want to distance Gavin from the whole technology scene somewhat, I realize that it is too much a part of who I am to deny him or attempt to ignore its influence. Cruising the aisles buckled into his shopping cart seat, Gavin seemed pretty interested as much as an infant can be. There was much grabbing for items hung on racks and boxes stacked on shelves with the intention of licking or chewing, I am sure. Eventually, I selected a new keyboard and put Gavin in charge of keeping it in the cart. He did an excellent job and banged out a catchy, rhythmic beat for the remainder of my long-awaited perusal of all things artificial and electronic.