The dark side of Costco…
People in line behind me…
Could almost Photoshop the background to be a dentist wait room—where so far he’s an hour behind schedule, hahaha
To Do
In the spirit of Facebook and Seinfeld, where mundane is order of the day, I am compelled to publicly ponder…my approach…to laundry.
Better to:
(a) Wash clothes when hampers are full?
(b) Wait till I run out of wearable clothes and just buy more hampers?
(c) Get the hell off Facebook and enjoy this beautiful Saturday?
REALLY?
Seems to me, the Internet has evolved an ever so paranoid society of people who replace that handshake with a quick Google name search or an exhausting prowl through those Facebook pics and posts. Ronald Reagan had a favorite little thought (pre-internet)….”Trust, but verify.”
Do we take that too far? Or finally, have the means to be transparent and then weed out the shadows?
Or, did that extra cup of coffee get me thinking too much this Sunday morning?
ALREADY?
Remember your NY resolutions from last year? Seems even the anti-resolutionists had some thought of adjustment for those 12 months of 2012….if only in thought.
When it’s a chore to come up with some way to improve yourself, perhaps better left to keep on gulping champagne, cause nothing will change.
In the spirit of simple, easy to remember and oh so very close to home, I have made only two…
- Get over it!
- Be present in the present.
Happy New Year!
Election Hangover
About half of us are very happy today. And about half are quite unhappy. Last check, all of us are still Americans, so let’s just get back to it. Any questions, go to ‘www…dot…any other country on the planet’
Say what you will, cause luckily you have that right–but I am happy and proud to be so fortunate and live in this amazing country.
Just saying…
DYING OR JUST RESTING?
Seems Facebook navigated through the spotlight and has settled, yes?
Ah, but still it grows, with over 900 million members last count. Do we sign up to relish the marvelous novelty, which allows anyone to interact with all who say “Friend?” Or simply to stick our feet in the virtual water to see what this fuss is about?
In my world, save for a few bored folks who forever crave attention, the product of social media has become an avenue (albeit arguably lazy) to get in touch, stay in touch and just as easily disappear back to a lonely web abyss.
These days, I no longer feel compelled to regularly post, lest I be forgotten or become yesterday’s news. But—when I do load that photo…or snippet of news…or impulsive remark—who cares whether “COMMENT,” “LIKE,” “TAG” or “POKE” light up the monitor, right?
Does my ego need that much feeding?
Um….yes, to be honest.
Don’t judge me too quickly though. Some of you have emailed, called or even face-to-faced (gasp!) me, only to ask if I viewed a certain post, and if so, why didn’t I “COMMENT?”
To be honest though, mostly I didn’t, as I only visit Facebook on occasion. At least so far as I will admit to you…
So…how does that merit 10 minutes spent writing this blog?
Well, to me, it appears social media is maturing.
Finally.
It’s part of routine life and no longer contains such obsessiveness as that which launched a college connection site in to one of the most valuable companies on the planet. Like the automobile, telephone and computer, it is what it is and one shall choose to utilize as one will. In short, it is ingrained in our culture, like it or not.
In my humble opinion, it means the beta has passed and social media has comfortably arrived. And yes, our privacy has become a new business model—whether to exploit mercilessly in the form of “Googalicious ads” or protect fiercely via some “for profit” company, which offers to keep you out of the mix.
Samuel P. Morse! Look what you started.
P.S. Gonna share this on Facebook now…
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