Amish Paradise

Were we ever meant to be alone?

One of my friends at work, we’ll call her Christy, had her last day yesterday. Since she’s a third shifter we third shifters threw her the obligatory going away party.

I already feel really lonely. On the way home from work I was listening to the BBC World Service on WYSO. I listened to an intriguing interview of the founder of Bookcrossing.com, essentially its Where’s George for books. He stated one of the reasons for starting the project was to develop a sense of community.

Have we all gotten so self absorbed and in our own world we need a book tracking site to develop a sense of community?

If it weren’t for my liberal slant I’d go live with the Amish