So, if you've been following Our Hero lately, you'll know that I've recently deleted my Failbook account. Not because they did anything agregious or anything like that, but for an entirely different reason.
Facebook, in the proper hands, can be a great tool that can be used for reasons, various and sundry, that ultimately lead to the betterment of all mankind.
However, in some cases, as with any tool, it can do damage. In my particular case, it did exactly what those creepy twins designed it to do...
...and showed me exactly what I was looking for.
Again, the onus is on me. I clicked the specific sequence of buttons needed to bring me to that fateful destination. I can only blame myself, and some lessons, though painful, must be learned.
The Truth hurts...but Pain teaches.
So, I bid you "adieu", Book o' Faces. Should your caretakers ever deign to send me an inquiry as to the why's of my exodus in a vain attempt to improve your service, I intend to tell them the absolute, undeniable and indelible Truth:
"User Error".
~.~
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11/07/2011 11:46 #55459
But, WHY??!?!Category: facebook, social networking, culture, random
11/06/2011 08:24 #55455
The Long WalkCategory: random, family
The kids and I went for a walk yesterday, up to the Dollar Store (a blessing and a curse, that. Deets to come in a sub to come!).
A trip that may take me 45 minutes, tops took 2 and a half hours. Bless the littlest one, and her wee li'l legs.
Any way, the kids and the overpass that runs over 95-S are hereby represented. I only include the overpass shot because I think it's a cool one of the highway leading into the city...and I think my Wanderlust is kicking in.
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A trip that may take me 45 minutes, tops took 2 and a half hours. Bless the littlest one, and her wee li'l legs.
Any way, the kids and the overpass that runs over 95-S are hereby represented. I only include the overpass shot because I think it's a cool one of the highway leading into the city...and I think my Wanderlust is kicking in.
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metalpeter - 11/07/11 17:16
Think the cages are for the safety of the people below from falling objects or cars that go out of control and things like that or people who want to end it all?
Think the cages are for the safety of the people below from falling objects or cars that go out of control and things like that or people who want to end it all?
tinypliny - 11/07/11 09:48
yes, it gives you such a rush to look down and see automobiles zooming below. I think the one on Elmwood on the way to Wegmans isn't caged. Is it? I can't remember. It's been such a long time since I have walked to Wegmans. When I was in Rochester, I used to walk to the overpass that overlooked the bike path/parks coming from genesee and the highway every weekend. It was fun.
yes, it gives you such a rush to look down and see automobiles zooming below. I think the one on Elmwood on the way to Wegmans isn't caged. Is it? I can't remember. It's been such a long time since I have walked to Wegmans. When I was in Rochester, I used to walk to the overpass that overlooked the bike path/parks coming from genesee and the highway every weekend. It was fun.
paul - 11/06/11 10:52
I live looking off overpasses. A lot of the ones near us are fully caged for some reason.
I live looking off overpasses. A lot of the ones near us are fully caged for some reason.
11/05/2011 12:55 #55447
Been a minute...Category: random
Mmyeah, it's been a hot minute since I've been able to blog, as I've been dealing with life's nifty li'l vicissitudes as of late.
But, I'm back. And I have a plan.
Recently, I came as close to rock-bottom as one could get...and it weren't pretty, True Believers. I'm still kinda dealing with it, and I'll be paying for a couple of really bad decisions for a really long time.
The good news, though, is that I'm climbing back up. I'm confident that I won't be as low as I have been, and that I'll be even higher in days to come.
I plan to reveal my..plan..(ouch, that was painful) in phases. Part, the 1st has already begun: exercise. Getting back to my "fightin' shape", as it were, or, if I were to believe some comments I've gotten here (flatterers!), the Frame to match the Face. Oh yeah. Confidence in spades, baby.
Part, the second: remove distractions. An unfocused mind is an unproductive one. To wit: I've killed my FailBook account. I want to abuse it by blasting those whom I feel have wronged me, and that's an abject waste of time. Blame (read: "it's all their fault") is the polar opposite of Ownership (read: "I fcuked up"), and I'm no longer in the Business of Futility. They're clearly not worried about ME, so why should I give a squirt of piss for their gums should they suddenly find their teeth afire?
Correct. I shouldn't. So, I won't. Wow, scarily easy, hmm?
As was finding what I've missed for a while: writing. I haven't gotten encouragement about that lately, but I remebered that most people don't really care about what makes others happy. And you shouldn't be blamed for that, either. It's not your fault if you aren't on their wavelength.
It's your parents'.
I kid; I'm sure they're lovely people.
Part the third: mo' kid time! Speaking of, I'm late for a walk to the store. :)
Thanks for lis'nin' so far, folks. More to come.
~.~
But, I'm back. And I have a plan.
Recently, I came as close to rock-bottom as one could get...and it weren't pretty, True Believers. I'm still kinda dealing with it, and I'll be paying for a couple of really bad decisions for a really long time.
The good news, though, is that I'm climbing back up. I'm confident that I won't be as low as I have been, and that I'll be even higher in days to come.
I plan to reveal my..plan..(ouch, that was painful) in phases. Part, the 1st has already begun: exercise. Getting back to my "fightin' shape", as it were, or, if I were to believe some comments I've gotten here (flatterers!), the Frame to match the Face. Oh yeah. Confidence in spades, baby.
Part, the second: remove distractions. An unfocused mind is an unproductive one. To wit: I've killed my FailBook account. I want to abuse it by blasting those whom I feel have wronged me, and that's an abject waste of time. Blame (read: "it's all their fault") is the polar opposite of Ownership (read: "I fcuked up"), and I'm no longer in the Business of Futility. They're clearly not worried about ME, so why should I give a squirt of piss for their gums should they suddenly find their teeth afire?
Correct. I shouldn't. So, I won't. Wow, scarily easy, hmm?
As was finding what I've missed for a while: writing. I haven't gotten encouragement about that lately, but I remebered that most people don't really care about what makes others happy. And you shouldn't be blamed for that, either. It's not your fault if you aren't on their wavelength.
It's your parents'.
I kid; I'm sure they're lovely people.
Part the third: mo' kid time! Speaking of, I'm late for a walk to the store. :)
Thanks for lis'nin' so far, folks. More to come.
~.~
tinypliny - 11/06/11 00:36
Good luck! Deciding that you need a start-over and implementing those 1st steps is the hardest bit. I am finding that out as well.
Good luck! Deciding that you need a start-over and implementing those 1st steps is the hardest bit. I am finding that out as well.
10/31/2011 21:05 #55417
MehCategory: random, lifestyle, culture, musings.
The subject above surmises my day (read: life) as of this writing. But, not necessarily in a bad way.
Examples: I've chosen to relate to a certain person..well..not at all anymore. Hurts, but it shows I still feel, even after the divorce. Yay, me!
I'm at a soul sapping job, one that I surely didn't put on my Top Fifteen Gigs list...but, I'm working, eating and taking care of my kids, as far as the great state of Maryland is concerned.
I have family who love me, kids who tolerate me, and the respect of those who I consider peers. Some people would literally sell their diseased riddled bodies for a shadow of an inkling of that.
Trust me: I know one.
Anyway...it ain't great shakes, but it ain't nowhere as bad as it could be.
Ergo: meh. It is what it is.
But...I'm choosing to make it what it will be.
~.
Examples: I've chosen to relate to a certain person..well..not at all anymore. Hurts, but it shows I still feel, even after the divorce. Yay, me!
I'm at a soul sapping job, one that I surely didn't put on my Top Fifteen Gigs list...but, I'm working, eating and taking care of my kids, as far as the great state of Maryland is concerned.
I have family who love me, kids who tolerate me, and the respect of those who I consider peers. Some people would literally sell their diseased riddled bodies for a shadow of an inkling of that.
Trust me: I know one.
Anyway...it ain't great shakes, but it ain't nowhere as bad as it could be.
Ergo: meh. It is what it is.
But...I'm choosing to make it what it will be.
~.
tinypliny - 11/06/11 00:38
I used to think artists are the only ones who (probably) are doing exactly what they want. Maybe not even artists get to have total life and job satisfaction...
I used to think artists are the only ones who (probably) are doing exactly what they want. Maybe not even artists get to have total life and job satisfaction...
10/31/2011 11:57 #55414
Neat Party TrickCategory: random, culture, lifestyle
You wanna put the proverbial Fear o' the Almighty into someone?
Three li'l words will often do the trick:
I. Know. Everything.
The reactions are priceless! Try it the next time you're faced with the inevitable skeeviness that comes with people.
/end PSA
~.~
Three li'l words will often do the trick:
I. Know. Everything.
The reactions are priceless! Try it the next time you're faced with the inevitable skeeviness that comes with people.
/end PSA
~.~
tinypliny - 11/06/11 00:39
I. Know. Everything.
Haha, that totally wouldn't work for me because I know I would crack into a rotten grin after saying something that momentous.
I. Know. Everything.
Haha, that totally wouldn't work for me because I know I would crack into a rotten grin after saying something that momentous.
I say, write a single sentence blog if you want to! That's the whole logic of (e:strip). Blogging without artificial expectations or boundaries. :)
@tinypliny: no, the deletion was completely intentional. I even uninstalled the app for it from my phone. Goin' all in!
Well I'm not but if you have like different groups of friends I could see how it could cause problems.... In terms of blogs I'm not saying you can't have a sentence but in forms of a blog for me it doesn't make a lot of sense....
And LOL, (e:metalpeter). Somehow you don't seem like a facebook drama-queen to me. ;-)
Who made that rule? I write blogs of a couple sentences all the time! (well... I actually I start out with one sentence but then it kind of grows over multiple edits).
The real reason I am not on Facebook is I don't really have the time for all that walking-over-eggshells-why-didn't-you-friend-me-but-friended-someone-else drama. I had enough of that with past "friends" in person. It makes me sick. I am not a one-best-friend kind of person. Never was. So anyone who expects me to pay special attention to them is never going to get it. And I hate to be guilt-tripped over who I am. :)
I think that (e:tinypliny) should get a twitter account and a Facebook and link them... That way what one could do is take mobile pictures or do the mobile check ins and post thoughts and then it would go on both pages.... I think (e:strip) is great and all.... But a sentence doesn't really make a very good blog.....
(e:tinypliny) gives a good example of one of the problems facebook can cause... Take me as an example.... If I was more sensitive I could be very upset that (e:tinypliny) joined facebook and didn't add me as a friend oh I'm good enough to talk to at parties or when you see me on here but oh I'm not good enough to me in your life that way.... And see that is one of the things... Say you know people at work yeah share work stuff but do you want them to see the pictures of you in just a thong on stage some where doing something.... Now granted There are now settings so you can group people and pick what group sees what and make it so you to be tagged have to allow it....
Wait, does that mean you deleted your facebook account by mistake and didn't really want it gone. Nevermind my earlier comment then. I am not on the Facebook or google plus wagon yet and I intentionally deleted one of my twitter accounts without any remorse earlier this year. I have another twitter account but its mainly to keep in touch with my citation management team for work/school.
Facebook is too chaotic and creepy. For example, I have never really been on facebook ever. But I decided to check it out last year for the sole purpose of stalking my salsa teachers (who were only on facebook). Altogether a dodgy reason to join. I am actually surprised that my account made it to a whole week before it was blasted out of existence.