How’s it going with no Facebook?

A few months ago I announced to my FB friends that I would stop using FB.  I was simply burnt out on it and I didn’t know why.  I have a memorial site for my wife who passed away, so I’ve stopped in to post some things on that but nothing for me.  The one exception […]

It’s April 21st and…

I gave up McDonalds for myself and for my children.  If you have kids then you know how easy it is to stop in for fries and a quick meal.  Since early December 2014, my kids and I have been to a McDonalds once.  And that visit was for a Sundae while waiting for mom […]

Farewell Facebook…

Big announcement to my FB friends that I was dropping off of FB.  Kind of sad and weird all at the same time.  Going to miss hear from a few of them on regular basis but will reach and see if I can just have direct messages and what not with them.  Anyway… it’s a […]

Adverse uses of technology…

A neighborhood friend of mine posted an article link from Time on Facebook.  The article is titled “The Secret Languages of Girls on Instagram”.  You can find the article at: http://time.com/3559340/instagram-tween-girls/ This gist of this article is that teen girls are using Instagram as a ranking mechanism.  As girls post things the responses and the […]

Twitter – is it stupid or not?

A Facebook user, who is in the public media, just recently succumbed to peer pressure and created a Twitter account.  This person is new  to it and will have to figure whether it works for them or not.  What kills me is all the feedback being sent from Facebook friends including one simply saying Twitter […]