Believe it or Not, I am Now on Facebook

One of my favorite cartoons is a picture of man sitting in his library in an isolated chair, reading a book and sipping his brandy. He is an intellectual looking fellow with a sweater vest and glasses.
The caption reads: “Eccentric internet holdout Delbert T. Quimby passes another day non-digitally.”
I laugh at the cartoon because I see myself in it. Or at least I see what I wish was myself.
Over the years, I have tried to be the “internet holdout” but it has become somewhat of a hilarious failure. Each reluctant step into the digital world has led to another. First, I started my own website/blog. Then, I … Continue reading...
Rescuing Church from a Facebook Culture

One of my favorite childhood memories is watching the movie Star Wars in the theater in 1977. I (along with an entire nation) was awestruck. Nothing like that had ever been done before. We were all sucked into a new world of spaceships, light sabers, strange creatures, and distant galaxies. But of all the things that caught the attention of the average Star Wars viewer, no doubt the amazing technology of the future was near the top of the list. What would it be like to have robots with personalities, to hover above the ground on a “land speeder,” to play “chess” with virtual-holographic images, and to have lost limbs … Continue reading...