Have you ever googled someone?

I just read an article in the New York Observer. The author had just met a handsome man at a bar and they exchanged business cards. She went home and, out of curiosity, typed his name into the Google search engine, and "googled" him. A few dozen entries with his name popped up. He was a writer, she found out. With this new information, they went out on a date. She asked him if he liked to read, had he written any books. It turned out that there was a gay writer in San Francisco with the same name who was published. She was a little taken aback.

I think "googling" someone can be a two-edged sword. You may learn something about someone, but why not ask the person directly about their lives. I mean, isn't that what getting to know someone is all about? What you learn by googling may not even be correct or even about the same person.

We have too much power of knowledge at the tips of our fingertips. And the technology can take us even further away from socializing. Have you seen so many people plugged into iPods, cell phones, powerbooks? People walking around in their own little bubble world—don't approach me, tune you out, asocial.

End of Summer

Looking out my office window, I already see some leaves turning from deep green to hues of yellow and orange. It's only the middle of August.... can summer have passed me by? I had so many plans of things to do, have people over to grill fish and drink martinis.....

Me at 49

Me at 49
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This is a recent photo of me taken for our office's website. I'm a graphic designer at a university.

Photos on blogsite

Sheeewwwuuu...... finally figured out how to get a photo on my blogsite.

Daughter wants to go to private high school

My daughter, Caitlin, now entering 8th grade, wants to go to a private high school in So. Calif. Both her uncle and her cousin attended, which gave her the idea to begin with. I'm excited for her, but at the same time I have a glitch about it—I will miss seeing all the things she will do as a high schooler. I'll miss seeing her play soccer on the high school team, or run track, or just watching her grow up as a teen. I really have mixed feelings over it.