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Darn Social Media

Social media is an addiction for millions of people worldwide. Without social media, we as a nation of civilized people would sit around twiddling our thumbs. Now it's every day, all day. My kids come to visit me and the entire time they sit there with their faces glued to their cell phones. If I were on Facebook every day instead of 3 minutes a week (as I am now), I might care. But I hate social media in all its forms.

That darn "Six Degrees" started this mess, then came Myspace and Facebook. Myspace, which still has over 1 billion active and inactive registered users, has faded from its glory days, pushed to the side by Facebook.

A once popular community was Geocities. I was a member and community leader of one area in the Heartland (I can't remember which now). Yahoo purchased it and made changes, and somewhere around 10 years later shut it down. As a result, millions of people abandoned the websites they had spent untold hours creating. But then that's big business.

Once Yahoo closed Geocities, they started "Yahoo Experts," where I was a member too. I answered questions from people on a wide range of topics that dealt with some form of web design. That went on for a while, and Yahoo changed it to having their "experts" answer questions by phone. I dropped out and have been against any form of social media ever since.

My Writing Style

Somewhat .....

Here I am, folks, egocentric, getting set to conduct my continuation of study while writing my thought-inspiring or thought-provoking (whichever you prefer) essay/blog. I have gathered worthy information from the intellectual crowd to be sure, through the use of books and whatnot.

Let’s see, I want to start today with the information required to continue building upon my infallible thinking coupled with the proven and documented art of scientific renderings. The large picture will change because of my effort to make things come together in a thought-provoking way.

Now, my next day of research leaves me wanting to work on the intricate matter of biology. But I’m not studying Biology, am I? Well, yes, I can’t come to any conclusion on my own without delving into those little microscopic things that live inside us. So onward I go.

Starting yet another new day finds me throwing things around as if I’m cleaning out the closet. Now, I am prejudiced towards my attempts, but things will get better; they seldom get worse.

Now, in my wanton efforts at pursuing perfection, the prior is true. Tripping over chairs and sliding across the floor on my face is the usual route; why wouldn’t it be?

Wishful Thinking

I can now start a new year of wishful thinking. I have a wood shop full of almost every tool anyone would need to build anything. But I still need more. I wish my kids would buy me another tool or anything for my shop. I still have a few places where it's safe to step. New tools are too much to wish for. Christmas 2017 is just around the corner, and instead of clothes (the regular), I need something I can use. Kevin and I (my son-in-law) have an old lawn mower that has pretty much blown up. It was on its last leg anyway for the last year, but we've been babying it along.

I could wish for just about anything, but that doesn't mean I'm going to get it.

Well ... it's now 6-2018, and we have a new lawn mower, a new weed eater, and my oldest daughter has a new car. So I guess the word 'new' has been used quite a bit around our homesteads this summer. So I'm now going to close out my short "Wishful Thinking" article and just say that I, at this time, am not doing any more wishful thinking. After all, my wishful thinking has only resulted in more yard work for me.

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Being Homeless

Inside the American Homeless Crisis - Poor and Forgotten on the Streets | ENDEVR Documentary

"Homelessness is defined as lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. It can be caused by many factors, including income insecurity, healthcare insecurity, and basic needs insecurity."

I live in a tornado-prone area and can be one brief second away from being homeless if Mother Nature so chooses. Anyone can become homeless. And it doesn't take any planning to get there. I own my house, but that doesn't mean I'm in a secure situation. 

Some people become homeless by choice. Watch this video to get a feel for what homelessness is all about.