Rae's blog

I have my list of places that I would like to travel to. They include exploring beach cities and ancient ruins. Australia tops the list and when I go I’d like to take a cruise on over to New Zealand. However, if I was to think of the top 3 places I would visit, the Philippines, Abu Dhabi, and St. Bart’s would be the trio.

I wrote an update on my Facebook wall about Singularity last month. A friend of mine commented, asking if I was talking about some cool new thing for single people or about the technology/sci-fi concept. I was speaking about the latter. Last month’s NYTimes article, Merely Human? That’s So Yesterday, covers some of the latest developments in Singularity – a time, possibly just a couple decades from now, when a superior intelligence will dominate and life will take on an altered form that we can’t predict or comprehend in our current, limited state. Umm, what?

Since acquiring my BlackBerry last year (in addition to my iPhone) I now check email before I sleep, once I wake up, and if I happen to wake up in the middle of the night. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. I’ve only written two sentences of this blog and already I have taken a quick 10 second break… to check my CrackBerry. Where has my focus gone? Until reading the NYTimes article ‘Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price’ I thought I was doing great as a multi-tasker. Now, I’m beginning to wonder if being plugged in is degrading my quality of life.

Memorial Day has come and gone, the days are getting longer, and while the June solstice is still a few weeks away, I’m here to say ‘hello, beginning of summer’! Think of it like New Year’s Day, but warmer. Not that we need some type of resolution, but maybe to jumpstart these next few months a few things to help guide you:

Congratulations, Graduate! It’s that time again. The gowns, tassels, and diplomas are starting to appear. Pomp and Circumstance will be heard throughout the country. So to the new graduate – whether it be high school, college, grad school, or whatever the case may be, here are some things that, if I could go back in time, I would really stress as important to my younger self.