Why the sudden burst of blogging?

As I mention in one of my posts above (below?), I was ill over the past couple of days and with the time spent resting, it allowed me to sit and ponder some things to put on this blog. I know Samantha's blog needs work (more updates!), and we will hopefully get more on this done soon.

Just an observation

This is just one of those things that I've noticed for a while, but really haven't taken the time to sit down and write it out. I don't know if this is going to make sense, but I'll give it a try anyway.

With our modern society, and all the different things that have come with it, such as the internet, there have been many things opened up to us. We are able to communicate with many different people, it is far easier for us to communicate our thoughts, opinions, and feelings than it has ever been before. Information is right at our fingertips, so anything we want to know about or learn is easily accessible.

However, with all this information, opinion, and ease of access comes some issues, and I really wonder if we see all the unintended consequences. With everyone able to give their opinion, one has to be able to discern between what is good and important information and what is truly 'off the wall' opinion that we need to set aside. Of course, how we determine this is subject to some debate. If you can confirm something through multiple groups and those groups are from many different viewpoints, you can generally rely on it, but you still have to be careful. If multiple groups with the same viewpoint are saying it, then you really have to be careful.

But the one thing that has made me pause is how our modern information has allowed the growth, I would almost call it rampant, of what I could best call 'infidelity'. Some recent emails in my 'spam' really brought this to my attention with ads asking if I want to find someone willing to have an affair. I know that the internet has brought out 'adult entertainment' to the point where you really have to be careful of what you type in search engines. I guess it just surprises me that it's gotten to the point that they can come out so brazenly and ask married people to cheat on their spouses. I use the word spouse because I came across a study recently stating 40% of married people (both husbands and wives) cheat. With the recent revelations about Tiger Woods and his infidelity, I'm sure there are some people who wonder if marriage is worth it in today's society. That, and these spam messages, make me wonder more about how far our society has fallen.

Is this the ultimate of vanity?

I guess I titled this post this way because, when it happened, it really seemed to be skewed priorities. I was recently starting to be ill, and as I was sitting and praying that I would not suffer too much (I did but that was more because of my own stupidity) I looked down and said 'oh, no. I've got a gray hair on my stomach'.

Again, really screwed up priorities.