Making Life Easier

Let’s talk inventions today. Not the basics, like electricity and indoor plumbing, but, rather, the little extras some genius came up with to make things a little easier. There are, of course, lots of neat things, but many have their negatives, too (like cell phones, digital photography, etc), but some are just plain awesome.

Here aresome of my favorites, in no particular order:

1) TV Sleep Timers. When I’m traveling alone, I use this feature on the hotel TV all the time. I’d like to use it at...