Where, oh where, has my little Saint gone.....
It is amazing how much a person can feel disconnected to the rest of the world, only because their internet service was down.

It has only been like maybe 2 days, 3 days tops, since I had last been online and i have never felt less a part of the "global village" than at that moment. More and more everyday, the internet is becoming a part of who we are; just as much a part of who we are, as a society, as our books, radio, and even television. It blows my mind to think of the Internet 10 years down the road when my kids will be teenagers...

Already, at only the ages of 3 and 5, my son and daughter get around their favorite sites [closely supervised by my wife and I, of course] with a flair and dexterity that I didn't show till probably High School. I realize that this is life for them; life in the age of computers. I am still young, only 27, but I remember a time when there were no computers, maybe one if your school was lucky, in the whole school. Now, my son's daycare class has at least two. For 3 year old users. Won't be long before there is one on every desk. As much a part of elementary school life as big chief note pads and metal lunchboxes were for us.

But does all this worry me? Not in the least. I believe that this is all a big part in the evolution of humanity as a society; bringing us all closer together in a way that the world has never experienced before. What might seem as a cold and impersonal means of communication has put a more human face on the rest of the world than any other communication tool before it. For the first time in history, it is just as easy to be talking to someone from across the world as it is to be talking to someone down the street. And you know what we all are realizing? that no matter if you are white, brown, american, asian or european that we are all, for the most part the same; same fears, same dreams, and same hopes for the future.

What about all the porn and other wastes that you find in every corner of the internet?

They are just as much a part of who we are as all the good that is there; we can find the negative in anything we look for. But if we all will make just a little effort to see the good that is there, it just might set us all free....