Greg Bales

Eat Your Heart Out, Kevin Bacon

Even in its sunset years, modernity has moments of wonder. For example: Today, two friends from high school and college (married to each other) and their daughters, a friend from graduate school, and a friend from the Internet met for the first time in a café in Belgium. None had ever met previously; they first connected yesterday via social network. They sent a photo, which I can’t stop looking at. I consider it one of the most amazing meetings of my life, though it took place without me.