The New Neighborhood Co-written by Rusty Daily and Mary Nagy

What leads us to those from opposite sides of the world and places them front and center in our lives? Point...Click...Enter a world where friends are chosen by keyboard characters designing a persona. Personalities are on display. Pick and choose. It's like having a pretend friend to fill those spots of loneliness. Are Internet friends taking the place of those long lost imaginary friends we were told to say goodbye to years ago? Do we grasp at kind, caring words in a virtual world? What is lacking in ours that makes us nurture that thread that binds us together strengthening it with confessions and secrets bravely told behind the Internet veil. What do we fear we will lose if that thread breaks? A friend? A possible soulmate? Do we fear the door to friendship will disappear and never be opened again? The technological world has opened up and given birth to make these friends real. It's the new neighborhood, free of ethnicity, class and six square blocks of territorial safety. Through lines of high speed connections you are able to rub elbows, hearts and souls with people of all walks of life. You can have coffee with your friend in Africa without leaving your home in America. And the best part..... there is no dress code in fact...clothes are optional!