Internet Outrage

When I read your magazine, I don’t see one wrinkled face or single toothless grin. For shame. To the sickos at Modern Bride magazine…

The internet has become, among many things, an outrage machine. I’ve meant to write something about how fake it all seems but I just couldn’t figure out how to do it tactfully…

How do I let people know I’m trying?

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I want to become a successful blogger. I think what I write about is interesting, entertaining, and informative. I post a couple of times a week and promote my posts through a variety of channels in hopes that people will read what I’ve written. Well, I recently found out that Facebook is ruining what progress… Continue reading How do I let people know I’m trying?

Something about Instagram and Facebook

The big internet shock from the other day is that Instagram was purchased by Facebook. I have mixed feelings about this. My immediate reaction is that this is bad for innovation. A large, well established company buys a small but energetic company and probably ruins what’s great about it. Then I think about examples like… Continue reading Something about Instagram and Facebook

Vetting Facebook Status Updates

A post over at A Confederacy of Spinsters, called Your Status Update Not Welcome, inspired me to write a comment. After a couple of minutes trying to think of a concise sentence or two for the comments section of their page, I decided I needed to write a full-blown post about it. From the original… Continue reading Vetting Facebook Status Updates

How I’ve Influenced the World

It’s been said a person would need to be a narcissist to be a stand-up comic. It’s probably true, I’m certainly not a counter example to this. I have an act, a blog, a Twitter, and Facebook and Google+ pages in addition to my profiles. I push all this stuff ad nauseam and probably annoy my… Continue reading How I’ve Influenced the World