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Internet hookup~

There are a lot of crazy people online, they say. I have no doubt that this is true. There're a lot of crazy people period. Scary, dangerous, predatory people looking to take advantage of others sexually, financially or emotionally. And then there are the everyday people, the neighborly kind, people you wouldn't have met if it were not for the Internet. Being a member of the Internet Writing Workshop has put me in touch with so many wonderful people who come together with a shared interest: writing. I know some of these people better than I know my neighbors. These writing friends are my neighbors in the true sense of neighborliness; they're there to help, share experiences, and encourage. They live all over the world, but are more accessible than the family next door. Today I got to meet two Internet Writing Workshop friends: Bob Sanchez, a former Massachusetts resident who escaped upon retirement to sunny Las Cruces, Mexico, and Carter Jefferson, who's li...