At the 44th parallel, the world is approximately 21,400 km around. Which means i'm more than 1/3 of the way around the world from home.
Sometimes people wonder if, somewhere in the world, someone else is doing or thinking the exact same thing at the exact same time. Thanks to the internet, it's possible to find out.
Shout-out to Ron.
Yesterday, I hopped on AIM (AOL Instant Messanger, for the old folks who aren't familiar with the acronym) and was chatting with Ron, who was sitting 7 time zones to the west. Somewhere along the conversation, we made the exact same comment at the exact same time. right down to the second.
Also thanks to the internet, it took me a whole 10 seconds to show Ron a picture 7,625 km away. I remember when it used to take a few hours to download a song. ...shows what generation i'm from. I'm sure some of you reading this are thinking "i remember when songs came on big black discs, about 10 to each side." Nowadays one can fit 1000's in a pocket, thanks to the iPod.
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I think that officially makes the two of you "Soul Brothers".
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