Way back when

I thought that since tonight can only be a short post, again, that I would take this time to respond to some comments left on my last major post.

I agree with both Green Messiah and Jeff. Our reliance on the internet and technology is getting a little out of hand. Personally, the latest news with regards to the newspapers I find a little disturbing. I love reading the newspaper and reading books, and have a very hard time reading things on the computer for extended periods of time, so the thought that print media is on it's way out really bothers me. Why can't we keep that?

Can we go back to actually calling each other when we want something, or are we stuck texting each other? Is this really the kind of future we want? Where people don't talk to each other, we just read little screens to communicate? Even this blog seems a little silly, but, like many of my generation, I am compelled to go with the next wave, working my way into the future with a grudge it seems.

What happened to the art of conversation? What happened to spending a day with a good book? when did we lose the simple things that we enjoyed as kids?

I volunteer with Big Sisters, and the most fun I've had thus far this week didn't come from any piece of computer technology, it came from a couple of flat pieces of plastic known as Crazy Carpets, a mound of snow, and an awesome little girl to instruct in the nuances of trying to steer said piece of plastic down said mound of snow in some rational manner.

I'd love to hear what you like to do that isn't based in computer technology. Let's see if we can find a way to keep some things around for a little bit longer, even if it isn't permanent.

Lisa