This year I am most grateful for all the friends I have met through the internet. As unlikely a method as it is, I love that there are so many interesting people I would never have the chance to become friends with if we were restricted to mere spatial proximity. It's a large, large world and anything which can connect people in so many ways is something worth cherishing.
Most surprising to me is the wide of variety of people I have met. Rather than just finding shodows om my own interests and tastes, I have met people with an infinite variety of backgrounds and perspectives. I want to thank each and every one of you for enriching my life and broadening my horizon.
Happy Thanksgiving to you. And two more words: Go Dawgs!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving! I often think of you in relation to my ambivalent feelings towards internet social contacts. I fear they are overly shallow and sometimes I think we are demeaning the very concept of friendship by elevating our imaginary friends to that status. But I see how you are so enthusiastic about it and that helps to convince me there is actually something there.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes think of the process of internet socializing as colonizing parts of other people's brains. You have certainly claimed a section of my gray matter; I'm not likely to forget you and I think it's quite probable that we will meet someday. (How about next year at the Miami Book Fair, if Joel shows up? Could be a boodlefest!)
<3
Karen
The new year is close,I wish you best for this years to come
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