The internet is an ocean of information and I am but a drop of oil spreading so thinly on the surface that I am disappearing molecule by molecule. I am overwhelmed by the vastness and emptiness of the world wide web. In the billions of words and images I am lost and void of any comfort. As a joke a friend once compared another friend of mine to a river saying, "you're a mile wide and an inch deep". That is how shallow and impersonal I find the internet to be these days.

The Youtube videos do nothing for me and I don't have the time or inclination to watch them anyway. I don't get RSS feeds. What are they for anyway? LiveJournal, Myspace, Facebook? These all seem a little narcissistic but then I suppose you could say that about blogging on Tribe. In any case, it takes time to read and digest all the myriad pots and entries as they are added to the heap. Now Twitter, there is the perfect solution for the instant gratification, short attention span age we find ourselves in now. Don't have time to blog? That's okay, simply type in a short sentence or two with something random or obscure and your good to go for at least another five minutes, hours, days, or whatever you are comfortable with.

I need to use the internet as part of my job, just like almost every other working professional. I am even in charge of IT for my company, as funny as that might be so I am responsible to know more than the average person about all things dealing with the information age. It has been fun trying to keep up with the technology of networks, computers, software, telephones, cell phones, etc. but the bloom is fading from the roses for me now. There does not seem to be anything new under the sun, as a famous pundit once said. It is frankly becoming quite boring to me now.

My point in all of this is that I am coming to a point where I am considering leaving the internet behind as a social development devise. It has become more of a habit and a crutch than a useful tool. I am much more comfortable interacting face to face and one on one than standing on a podium in the dark silence that I find here. I have read as many posts, invites, and announcements as I will ever need for a lifetime. My electronic mailbox should be more than sufficient to keep me connected to the outside world, along with my old snail-mailbox.

It might be a few days, weeks, or even another month but I will be leaving all this behind. It has not served me and has probably kept me from growing as much as I might have over the past few years. I don't want to simply turn off the connections without making the proper notifications and alternative connections so that will be my first order of business.

That is all for now. Thanks..