A new century has arrived, it crept up like a hunter does when hunting deer, slowly but fast at the same time.

Many had their own opinions of what the year 2000 would be like, you know things like flying cars, robots that ruled the earth, and flying to Mars for vacation instead of going to Florida. However, it didn't turn out like that. Although the world is a much different place than what it was 100 years ago, some things never change.

We now live in an Internet crazed society, obsessed with being online for hours a day, losing touch with family members just to chat with some stranger 2,000 miles away. Twenty years ago many people would laugh at having technology capabilities like we now have. That's not to say the Internet is bad, there are good things about it, like finding lost family members or friends just by typing in their name.

A new century brings new hope that life in the world will be much better and with advances in medicine, people are living longer. We're not necessarily healthier, but we somehow manage to live longer.

Gone are the small "mom and pop" country stores of yesteryear that used to be everywhere across our great land. Now we have Wal-Mart Supercenters and other large stores that offer the customer everything. What happened to the great customer service though? Going to these massive new stores you're just "another customer" and nothing more.

There's no "How is the wife?" or "It's great to see you today Mr. So and So!" At the small country stores they would even know your name and went out of their way to be friendly. I know from my own experience as a child. There were still a few of those stores around, and I'm sure that I'm not the only one that misses them. You can still find a few here and there, but they're much harder to find.

The 21st Century is good though, we have great conveniences that we once could only dream of having. It's hard to believe that anyone can say that they're bored.

The economy is at all time highs and unemployment is low, if it stays this way the 21st Century will be "just grand"!

Written By: -Rob