Henry David Thoreau once brilliantly recited, "Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves." When my cat ran away I began to apprehend what he meant. Last Monday Bob, my cat, ran away. I felt as if my heart was punching my gut. The incident took a large toll on my body. Losing Bob felt as if I left behind a past life and started anew. It was a bizarre Monday morning when I woke up to the sight of my cat sitting on my bedroom windowsill. As I rolled out of bed, he became frightened
Anonymous Culture In order to more deeply understand the motives and psychology behind the group of 'Hackers, pranksters and activists' that call themselves Anonymous, we must first understand the culture that online anonymity has created. “Before Facebook and Twitter became avenues for advertising ourselves and our careers, before Internet dating became not only acceptable but preferable to the alternatives, before so much of our social and professional lives came to be conducted on the Web, social