What's even the point?

And that was a fun feeling. I connected with someone who lives in a completely different time zone and with whom I have no other connections. We were not introduced by a mutual friend. We did not know anything about one another before today. This is what I find fascinating and encouraging about the Internet. It brings us together. We are all everyone. We are, each of us, the universe contained in a mortal physical body with an eternal energy. Being able to meet someone else with whom I can share this universality, without leaving my home, this is remarkable. Could the potential for unity among humans get any easier? And yet it seems so many are still resisting a sense of common humanity. It's incredible the technology we have and I am truly grateful that I was able to make a new friend outside of my usual circle of people that I know. I feel like I have arrived at a moment that will forever change my life. I'm actually excited.

 or rotten soda? the latest in the long line of questions my son asks me on a daily basis. We are constantly playing desert island, through the homework, chores, driving, soccer.  Every moment of down time is a chance for me to decide between 2 very unpleasant things. The irony of decision making, unpleasantness and the "island-ness" of my existence is not lost on me, however my son doesn't seem to grasp the reality of the effect of all his philosophical questions.  The incessant line of evasive questions that demand an answer on the spot has left me somewhat drained. I'm a introvert by nature, living in a world and reality that has positioned me to become, if not 'good at' then at least ''D+"  at my extroversion skills.  Conversation, putting myself out there, working in a classroom and school full of people, has taken most of the emotional bandwidth that I have. Remembering now the many reasons why I decided to quit teaching full time. It's ...