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the personal blog of paul vernon

Thank you for taking the time to view humblethorn. The purpose of this blog is to have an outlet to share my thoughts, quotes, ramblings and the occasional item of interest as I serve as a missionary to the Akha in Northern Thailand. Mostly, this is an outlet (in English!) for me to feel like someone out there is listening. So, to whoever you are, thank you for being my listening someone.

Many people have asked about the name "humblethorn". I would love to explain it, but I honestly don't fully understand it myself. In very simple terms, it is an identity that I have come to realize in Christ. I do not claim to be humble, rather that I am often humbled by my own weakness.

Feel free to navigate through the links on the top of this site to read more about me or just to view the photo galleries, videos, podcasts and journals about our lives with the Akha. Now... on to the posts!

Email Psychology

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Sometimes do you wonder what goes on at the other side of the e-mail communication lines? You know what I mean, the moment we send off an e-mail we begin to wonder: "When will I get a response? Why haven't I received a response yet? Have they even read my e-mail yet? Don't they want to talk to me any more? Why do they hate me?"

Personally, I am usually the one who makes people wonder these things. Lori, on the other hand, tends to respond immediately (or as quickly as she can) to emails. Well it was only a matter of time before some psychological study was performed to observe this digital/emotional phenomenon, and here it is.

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