...who knew that saving my own energy was also saving energy for the planet? Here's an article explaining how shopping online can be synonymous with green shopping.  Bottom line is that if you have to drive any significant length, it's probably better for the planet to let the stuff come to you.  If you toss in that many companies will offer free shipping on some items, well, it doesn't even pay to spend the gas down to the local store.  Besides that, I'm never sure if I'm going to find what I want, or if I'm going to get the best price when I drive to the local megastore, so I can wrap all my research and shopping into one even that I can do from the comfort of my favorite chair without even opening the front door and letting my airconditioning out.  This just keeps getting better and better.  Did I mention the ups guy makes me think of Santa?