Facebook Lurkers
I read an interesting article about “Facebook lurkers” today. In the article the author described two different definitions of “FB Lurkers.” The first being—people who wait on Facebook for their “friends” to appear so they can start chatting with them. These people wait in the virtual bushes and then pounce on their pray as soon […]
My Million Dollar Ideas
My grandpa once told me, “Son, everyone’s got at least one million-dollar idea a day, but very few people act on them.” Well my million dollar idea, since I’m a writer, is to start writing down my million dollar ideas and then at the end of a year, I’ll have a book. Here’s my list […]
Memes the Idea Viruses
“A meme (pronounced meem) is a contagious idea that replicates like a virus, passing from mind to mind.” –Loren Coleman The Copy Cat Effect Memetics is the field of study that uses a meme as the basic unit of cultural evolution. These memes include song lyrics, phrases and icons. If I started chanting annoyingly, “Give […]
Doing the Right Thing
Have you ever been stuck between a rock and a hard place? My Office is right next to the Director’s Office. I hear a lot of things that I can either: A) Keep to myself, stay out of the situation and let the action play out. or B) Tell the people it’s going to affect, […]
Sleepless in St. Louis
Last night I had to do a sleep study. I’ve snored since I was young, but I have been having headaches more often than usual, so the Doc wanted to rule out sleep apnea. The sleep tech scrubbed my head in seven different places with a Q-tip and some sort of glue. It felt like […]
Flavor Of The Day
Yesterday I started taking Kali-Silat classes. My wife got me six lessons for my Valentine’s Day present. Yes, we’ve been married a while, but it was exactly what I had asked for. Kali is a Filipino martial art. It is mainly known for its stick fighting; but we didn’t even get around to that yesterday. […]
Nevada’s First Prostidude
I missed the biggest news story last month since civil rights and nobody told me about it. The Shady Lady Ranch successfully won state and county approval for Nevada’s first male prostitute. The male prostitute, who has been dubbed a “prostidude” is also known as “Markus.” “Markus” is unwilling to have sex with men, which […]
Web 2.0 Suicide-Machine
Are your only “friends” on Facebook or MySpace? Ever wonder, “Would these people miss me if I ever stopped posting?” If you’ve ever thought about suicide, then maybe you should try Web 2.0 Suicide Machine first. Web 2.0 Suicide Machine kills all of your on-line social media profiles. You can pull the plug on all […]