Electricity Makes the World Go Round

As I've been traveling the country over and over again in the last few months, one reality keeps boomanging around in my mind:

Electricitiness is next to godliness.

I have the latest Dell Laptop, the latest Verizon Wireless Broadband anywhere, the latest Treo 700w, the latest Microsoft Email Exchange Server and the list can go on. But I seem to lose approximately one cord per week. Or forget one at whatever the last place I stayed at was.

And without the ability to tap the power grid to recharge my batteries -- I'm just living in the dark ages. Well, okay, it's not that bad, as I have so many redundancies in my ability to tap the Internet that I still always make do. But I sure am excited about this technology. I wonder if they can design it into my suitcase itself. I wonder if I just jinxed myself into forgetting my suitcase itself the next time I travel. Sigh.