Today's Real Post

I like Facebook, but...

It happens every time I clean up my desk. This morning, my smartphone, or as it thinks it is, my geniusphone, is showing that I posted some old, stale blogs. I deny it. Facebook on my computer has no such postings. My husband's phone has no such postings. I can only conclude that my phone is possessed by a digital demon, or that I'm imagining things. Therefore, I ask that you read today's real post, which will be clearly titled, "Today's Real Post." From now on, all posts will be titled "Today's Real Post" to eliminate confusion.

Facebook is an unbelievable invention. Imagine a free service where one can find out what others did today. In the olden days, we spent hours on the phone discussing what others did every day. It was time-consuming, and there was no way NOT to hear whatever someone else wanted you to hear. It was excruciating, because you were stuck until you could blurt out "Aw Geez, gotta go - there's someone at the door!" Or, in the older olden days, you could click the receiver button a few times and exclaim, "Aw Geez, there goes the party line. I gotta hang up."

But most of the time it could be interesting. The phone was the go-to place for the latest news. Only there could you hear that Ellen Smotherby got her first bra, although we all knew she didn't need it, or that Kathy McCarthy's mother smoked in the laundry room. When's the last time you read juicy news like that on Facebook? Sure, you might have read about Ellen's new baby, but for a high-school sophomore, that's not such a big deal anymore. As for Kathy's mother, she's been posting pictures of her "medical" Marijuana farm.

Nah, the news isn't as newsy as it used to be. We've done it all, smoked it all, and bragged about it all.
The best we can do is post something about the dinner we cooked or our new water heater. We've become stale. I've grown tired of "liking" things on Facebook. I still like things, but do I need to vote on them?  I challenge you, my Facebook friends, to give me some really juicy news. Surely there's something! Have you changed toothpaste? How come your name changed? Don't we deserve to hear about the messy divorce? We're ready! Let us have it!

I, too, have been guilty of complacence. Just linking to a blog everyday is not enough. Starting today I'll include a juicy AND SIGNIFICANT morsel from my personal life with each blog link. If I can't think of anything, I'll keep you posted about Ellen Smotherby.