Hello, and welcome to Laurie Beth's Grotto! I hope to create an environment that incorporates marketing, some free advertising for entertainment and blogs that I find relevant, and links to non-profit organizations that will be of value to the (approximately) 18-40 age demographic--a diverse, ambitious and intriguing group of people struggling in a plummeting economy.
We children of Baby Boomers are often separated into nonsensical categories like Generations X, Y and Z (or Generation "Next," the "Me"generation, "Yuppies," the "heroin chic," the "Google" or "MySpace" generation, the "New Silent" generation, etc.)...all designed to depict us as divided, selfish and devoid of compassion. In actuality, we should be a united front resisting such division and pushing for social and scientific progress. I firmly believe that rather than being deadened by our new found technology, we can use it to connect with one another and share information.
"[...] the world is constantly shifting: shape and size, location in space. It's got edges and chasms, too many to count. They open up, close, reappear somewhere else. Geologists may have mapped out the planet's tectonic plates--hidden shelves of rock that grind, one against the other, forming mountains, creating continents--but they can't plot the fault lines that run through our heads, divide our hearts. The map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an eye, the squeeze of a trigger, a sudden gust of wind. Wake up and your life is perched on a precipice; fall asleep, it swallows you whole." ~Anderson Cooper, Dispatches from the Edge, 2006
I invite you to learn with me as I navigate these crazy Interwebs, and I'm hopeful that I can provide a helpful and useful place to visit. Visit the blog here, and if you're on Twitter and enjoy the site, please click the retweet button at the top of this passage, and follow @TheGrottoTweets. Thank you, and enjoy your stay!
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