{"id":2470,"date":"2012-09-07T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/09\/the-miracle-of-the-internet.html"},"modified":"2012-09-07T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T13:20:00","slug":"the-miracle-of-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/09\/the-miracle-of-the-internet.html","title":{"rendered":"The miracle of the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Is not that it makes us smarter.\u00a0 On the contrary, I sometimes think it leads to a deplorable intellectual laziness on the part of those who look to the net for learning.\u00a0 On the other hand, it has its benefits.\u00a0 Chief of these is the ability to track down just about any tidbit of information on the most obscure subject you could ever think. <\/p>\n

When I\u00a0turned five years old, my family moved into town from living out in the country.\u00a0 That house, which was built almost from the foundation by my Dad, was the only home I had known.\u00a0 So I was sad to be in this new place next to a nest of kids who made Jack\u2019s clan on Lord of the Flies<\/em> look tame by comparison.\u00a0 I was also mortified to find out that my Mom had gotten rid of several of my toys, including two of my favorites: a toy highway that you could build for Hot Wheel cars, and an aluminum castle set with figures. I remember playing with the latter in the hallway while my Dad continued to labor on the house.\u00a0 Gone.\u00a0 They were just gone.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Well I was researching some information pertaining to Medieval Europe, and lo and behold, my mind began to wander as it is wont to do.\u00a0 This lost toy set suddenly appeared in my mind\u2019s eye, and I decided to see if I\u00a0might be able to find it somewhere in Cyberspace.\u00a0 And there it was<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Or at least I think.\u00a0 Those were many moons ago, and quite frankly, I have only the faintest wisps of memory when it comes to its appearance.\u00a0 But the picture does ring a bell, especially the red towers, and it seems to be of aluminum, which would be consistent with what I do know.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s just a similar set.\u00a0 But even similar, I can\u2019t help but get swept up in the memories and remember playing in that hall so many ages ago, when my troubles were so far in the future, and times were happier.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is not that it makes us smarter.\u00a0 On the contrary, I sometimes think it leads to a deplorable intellectual laziness on the part of those who look to the net for learning.\u00a0 On the other hand, it has its benefits.\u00a0 Chief of these is the ability to track down just about any tidbit of information […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe miracle of the Internet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is not that it makes us smarter.  On the contrary, I sometimes think it leads to a deplorable intellectual laziness on the part of those who look to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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