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The Octogenarian’s Online Dating

I remember hearing about a 92-year-old man who was healthy, had all his teeth and hair, and had a good sex drive, and who was also very attractive. He lived in a condominium and he was always in the company of one or two beautiful, young women. Someone wanted to introduce him to a woman she thought would be great for him. The woman was sixty-five, intelligent, attractive, educated, and had a family who lived on the other side of …

Facebook, Pinterest, and Emails

Whenever I get an email or see something on Facebook that tells me if you agree with this, pass it on, or share this if you love this person or thing, I don’t do that. Even if I agree with the message, I hate this kind of manipulation, so I sit on my hand with the button-clicking finger and don’t pass it on and don’t put it on my wall. The exception to this is when I see a post …

Is Facebook Only for the Lonely?

Ever since social media sites came into vogue, there have been numerous arguments, pro and con, about how these sites are the cause of the breakdown of relationships, and Facebook has been named as the number one perpetrator. As a Facebook newbie, it’s much too soon for me to evaluate the issue but it’s not too soon to give my overall first impressions based on the things I’ve seen. There’s no question in my mind that Facebook does attract the …

National Unfriend Day

Having just joined Facebook and, not knowing the rules of the social media site, I see that I must have been badly informed. I was under the impression that the purpose of Facebook was to keep in touch with the friends you have and to make new friends. Apparently, if Jimmy Kimmel is to be believed, I was misinformed. It seems as though today is National Unfriend Day, started by Kimmel a few years ago as a way to “motivate …

Facebook Friends

I’m sitting here, wondering at the ease with which some people are able to make friends both, on Facebook and in real life. Granted, it’s a lot easier on a virtual reality site than it is in real life, especially for introverts but, still, it’s an amazing dynamic. As a newbie, I thought I might make a few Facebook friends, but that’s really all I ever expected to make. I interact with some posters but not many, and not as …

Are You as Interesting as Your Blogs?

I was reading some of the website blogs and Facebook entries and they got me to thinking about the people who post them. Some of the things they tell us about themselves make them seem as though their lives are way more exciting than mine. Now, that alone, isn’t terribly surprising because lately I’ve been feeling that I’m living a beige life. But, then I got to wondering if my life is more beige than the average person who posts …

The Consumer Tapeworm

When did we become such consumers? When I was growing up, no matter what was going on in the world, good times, bad times, I saw women wearing makeup. It was a sure bet that they would give up everything else, but they wouldn’t give up their makeup. During World War II, when nylon stockings couldn’t be found, women painted a line up the back of their legs to make it look like they were wearing stockings. In those days, …

Calling All Facebookers . . . Help!

I finally joined Facebook but I don’t have the technological skills to know how to use it. This morning I got so excited; I saw pictures of my extended family and wanted to let them know how glad I was to see their wonderful faces but, I couldn’t figure out how to send them a message. It was great seeing all their pictures and wishing I could see them in person but I couldn’t even tell them that because none …

The Reality of Your Cyberlife

As a very private person who, not surprisingly, is also an introvert, I keep wondering at the pull that social media sites have on the majority of people. I realize that most people want to feel loved and accepted, and they also want to feel that they are included in whatever everyone else is doing. I once made an experiment. All right, I made that experiment several times, not just once. I had been involved in some relationships where I …

NSA: Your Nude Photos Are Going Viral

For those who think the NSA’s surveillance sweep of your private phone calls and emails is protecting you from terrorists, think again. So far, the only thing these sweeps have done is relieve NSA workers from boredom every time one of them comes across a nude photo of someone who is attractive and/or who is in a sexually compromising photo. According to Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who blew the whistle on the National Security Agency’s broad surveillance tactics, …

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