We hear a lot these days about instant communication, up to the second sharing of personal information, and the ability that the internet in general, and social media in particular has to keep us always closely connected with those we want to stay connected with. The question is, are we getting closer, or are we getting more isolated? Gone are the days when you had to be in someone’s physical…
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I recently took a trip to the nation’s capital, a place known to some as “The District”; a place where they proudly display on their license plates the slogan “Taxation Without Representation”. As is typical for a trip to a far off land, I stayed in a hotel and ate every meal in a myriad of fast food joints, slummy diners, and average restaurants. For 4 straight days I got…
As a child I loved the library. Once a week my mom would pack us kids in the family VW bus and we would lurch off to the local library for a book gathering expedition. My family loved to read, and we would get literally hundreds of books. It only took us several days to power through this number and we’d be ready to go again long before the weekly…
The term “stalker” gets thrown around an inordinate amount when it comes to the use of Facebook or other social networking sites. To some people, looking at photos on another person’s Facebook profile, or reading their latest status update is “stalking” them. Is this really accurate? Is viewing material that someone else has willingly posted for all to see really stalking? The dictionary defines stalking as:
