I look at my cousins now who grew up in the 2000s, I know that technology has spoiled them from the sleek smartphones, the sexy iPads, the 4G speed, and the big-screen LCDs.  I grew up without the internet and like many kids went out to the playground or played baseball with my brother.  But the most enjoyable memories was waiting to get our hands on the Sunday newspaper with my siblings.  Of course, we would dig through all the cool Toys R Us ads, the Sports Section, but also the Sunday comics section.  One section was just dedicated to cartoon strips like Peanuts, Garfield, Doonesbury, Hagar, Beetle Bailey, and others.  Out of all the comic strips we liked was Calvin & Hobbes.  I used to cut out the strip from the newspaper and collect it into a photo album, until they published trade paperbacks of Calvin & Hobbes.  Every time my family was at the mall, I would directly head to the bookstore like Barnes & Noble and make my mom buy me a Calvin & Hobbes trade paperback.

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