Social media has long been an area that I have been uncomfortable with. I would much rather interact with friends and family through one-on-one contact than through the mass broadcast of information. But I think I have finally figured out what it is that makes me the most uncomfortable: social media is the electronic form of peer pressure.
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Time travel is a concept that has been written about and discussed for many years. The idea of time travel has long been affiliated with the science fiction genre, especially in movies, but even in writings of fiction before movies were around. It is an intriguing idea, but one that I have come to believe that is extremely improbable. I will not go so far as to say that time travel is impossible, but unless there are extreme natural limitations on time travel, I just do not see how it could logically work.
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A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of visiting the Los Angeles area to see some friends and to work from down there for a couple of days. This was my first trip to this city, and it is interesting to be able to say that I have officially visited the “big four” cities in California now (San Diego, LA, San Francisco, Sacramento). Anyhow, I had a good trip, and was able to see some interesting sights along the way.