Sunday, August 29, 2010
Oxymoron of the Day on Facebook
"Join us tomorrow Monday Aug 30th @9am For Coffee/Donuts Wellness Wrkshp at ALL SIZE"
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Its a Small World After All....
Ok, so this is a personal story...
7 years ago, I was widowed. I had a lot of lonely nights on my hands and reached out to several of the young widow communities online. I met some really fabulous people across the world who were experiencing the same sorts of emotions I was.
I connected with one widower, Mike, who after chatting a bit, I learned lived and grew up in a city that a lot of my cousins did, in Oklahoma. He was around their same age and also had children that were in the age range of my cousin's kids. At the time, there didn't seem to be any "small world moments", other than I had learned that his wife, was buried in the same little country cemetery that my grandparents and other family members were.
Flash forward, 7 years, while we have never met in person, Mike and I still occasionally keep touch on Facebook. We are both remarried and his family has grown.
Over the weekend, I saw that my cousin Beth had reconnected with some old friends and had a great time out with them on Saturday. On Monday, I saw that Mike and his wife had attended the Noble High School 20th Reunion.
I had a thought... a brief one... "I wonder if of my cousins graduated from NHS in 1980"...
Well, tonight, I saw someone had tagged my Cousin in a photo from the SAME reunion!
Anyway, it's just another FINE example of how there are LESS than 6 degrees of separation!
7 years ago, I was widowed. I had a lot of lonely nights on my hands and reached out to several of the young widow communities online. I met some really fabulous people across the world who were experiencing the same sorts of emotions I was.
I connected with one widower, Mike, who after chatting a bit, I learned lived and grew up in a city that a lot of my cousins did, in Oklahoma. He was around their same age and also had children that were in the age range of my cousin's kids. At the time, there didn't seem to be any "small world moments", other than I had learned that his wife, was buried in the same little country cemetery that my grandparents and other family members were.
Flash forward, 7 years, while we have never met in person, Mike and I still occasionally keep touch on Facebook. We are both remarried and his family has grown.
Over the weekend, I saw that my cousin Beth had reconnected with some old friends and had a great time out with them on Saturday. On Monday, I saw that Mike and his wife had attended the Noble High School 20th Reunion.
I had a thought... a brief one... "I wonder if of my cousins graduated from NHS in 1980"...
Well, tonight, I saw someone had tagged my Cousin in a photo from the SAME reunion!
Anyway, it's just another FINE example of how there are LESS than 6 degrees of separation!
When 2 Worlds Collide
Yet again, there is proof that it really is a SMALL WORLD!!
SR: I JUST MET ANOTHER FB FRIEND. HE CAME TO OUR DOOR ON AN UNRELATED MATTER, AND WE HAD A GOOD TALK. I CLAIM ONE UP. I RECOGNIZED HIM, AND I HAD TO TELL HIM WHO I WAS. WE HAD PREVIOUSLY COMMUNICATED ON FB.
WOAH!
SR: I JUST MET ANOTHER FB FRIEND. HE CAME TO OUR DOOR ON AN UNRELATED MATTER, AND WE HAD A GOOD TALK. I CLAIM ONE UP. I RECOGNIZED HIM, AND I HAD TO TELL HIM WHO I WAS. WE HAD PREVIOUSLY COMMUNICATED ON FB.
WOAH!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Coincidence? I think Not!
Im always baffled when I see little coincidences reveal themselves through Facebook. Regardless of how big or how small, or how insignificant they can seem at the time, there is proof that thoughts occur to more than one person in about the same time frame!
SS: Fool me once, shame on you... Fool me twice, shame on me....
16 minutes ago · Comment · Unlike
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JDK: I just said that LESS then 5 minutes ago! That is WEIRD!!!
13 minutes ago · Like
SS: Fool me once, shame on you... Fool me twice, shame on me....
16 minutes ago · Comment · Unlike
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JDK: I just said that LESS then 5 minutes ago! That is WEIRD!!!
13 minutes ago · Like
Friday, July 9, 2010
You Might be a Bridezilla If...
KS: You might be a Bridezilla If...You’re favorite t-shirt says “Back off bitch it’s my wedding not yours…
That was just too funny NOT to put on the blog!
That was just too funny NOT to put on the blog!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Funny $hit People Post on Facebook!
I can go days without anything funny or remotely entertaining to be found in the real of status updates. Occasionally, I find a random funny theme that runs through the posts of various "friends" on Facebook... the theme for the last 24 hours seems to be having to do with toilet humor!
DB:I ran a red light ~ my 5 year old was doing lamaze breathing in the car ~ she had to go poop REALLY bad. Is that a legit excuse if I ever got caught?
Good thing her 5 year old isn't reading this!!
2 Posts Later, I see this:
KS: If you get pulled over by a hot chick cop, does pulling one ball out of the ol' zipper or showing a little shaft work like girls boobs do?
These two people don't even know each other!!!
Then, Last Night, there was more $hit Talkin':
ARO:" Watching Billy the Exterminator and he just said that mascara is made out of bat crap...ummm, ewwww! I doubt this is true but let's just say it is, or was at some point...who the hell was the first person to think to themselves, "hmm, this bat crap would really make my eyes POP?!"
One Reply: (DM)"Brings a whole new meaning to getting Shit faced before going to the bar....."
Like I said, people say crazy "$hit" on Facebook!!
DB:I ran a red light ~ my 5 year old was doing lamaze breathing in the car ~ she had to go poop REALLY bad. Is that a legit excuse if I ever got caught?
Good thing her 5 year old isn't reading this!!
2 Posts Later, I see this:
KS: If you get pulled over by a hot chick cop, does pulling one ball out of the ol' zipper or showing a little shaft work like girls boobs do?
These two people don't even know each other!!!
Then, Last Night, there was more $hit Talkin':
ARO:" Watching Billy the Exterminator and he just said that mascara is made out of bat crap...ummm, ewwww! I doubt this is true but let's just say it is, or was at some point...who the hell was the first person to think to themselves, "hmm, this bat crap would really make my eyes POP?!"
One Reply: (DM)"Brings a whole new meaning to getting Shit faced before going to the bar....."
Like I said, people say crazy "$hit" on Facebook!!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
And the winner of today's "Random Post Award" Goes to....
CHS: "that's for your vagina, not your toes!!"
All I can say is "WOW"!!!
All I can say is "WOW"!!!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Funny Posts From June 6, 2010
Here are some funny things people are posting on Facebook today:
"Today's message: never pick your nose while going over a speed bump."
"have you ever just wanted to run up to a stranger and say "your it" and run away? i have!"
"Omy goodness...This is actually our 29th wedding anniversary today...not 28th! Sorry honey...but it feels like it was just last year sometimes."
Gotta LOVE people and their random thoughts!
"Today's message: never pick your nose while going over a speed bump."
"have you ever just wanted to run up to a stranger and say "your it" and run away? i have!"
"Omy goodness...This is actually our 29th wedding anniversary today...not 28th! Sorry honey...but it feels like it was just last year sometimes."
Gotta LOVE people and their random thoughts!
Today's Check Please! (Spell Check that is)
"The difference between faulure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doint it exactly right. Edward C. Simmons"
HUH? I would say THAT Status Update is a FAILURE to communicate!
HUH? I would say THAT Status Update is a FAILURE to communicate!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Today's Facebook Blooper
SJR: "Congratulations to GWC* for pooping her $1000 cherry. Woo Hooo!!!! So happy for you!!!!
9 Hours later:"LMAO I meant to say popping!!! This is what is typed late at night."
Facebook Lesson for the day: Don't type on FB with one eye open!!
9 Hours later:"LMAO I meant to say popping!!! This is what is typed late at night."
Facebook Lesson for the day: Don't type on FB with one eye open!!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Reunited On Facebook: Cameron & Brenna
A few weeks ago, I attended an event where I met Cameron and Brenna. It was obvious they were in love and I asked Cameron how they met. Little did I know it would be so blog worthy!
Here is their story according to Cameron:
"I moved to Hendersonville, TN in December 1985 and enrolled at Beech High School. It was the last semester of my senior year and the only person that I knew at Beech was my cousin Allison.
When classes started after the Christmas break I noticed this beautiful cheerleader in the hallway. She was, without a doubt, the epitome of "drop-dead gorgeous". The bonus for me was finding out from my cousin that she was interested in me too! We began dating soon thereafter.
We dated for three weeks before our first kiss. It was truly a magical moment. On our way out of her Mom's house for a movie date she turned out the lights. The last light was a lamp that worked simply by touching it. I'm contrary and obnoxious sometimes, okay, most of the time, so I touched the lamp "on" as soon as she touched it "off". We did this several times until I leaned in to turn it on one more time and our eyes met and the Earth stopped spinning. We leaned toward each other and kissed. For 45 minutes. And missed the movie. It was the best kiss of my life, or so I thought.
We dated for a year and a half and during that time I moved back to Dallas, TX. We continued to date and I drove all night in a borrowed car from Dallas to Hendersonville to propose to her.
Through some incredibly foolish decisions on my part, our relationship and engagement ended. I never stopped thinking of her or stopped wanting her in my life.
Fast forward through 23 years of life and my cousin Allison, the same one who introduced me to Brenna in the hallway at Beech High School, urged me to get a Facebook account. Three weeks after I signed up at Facebook I saw on my cousin's wall that she was friends with Brenna's brother, Fuzz. Yeah, its a nickname. Well, lo and behold he was friends with Brenna!
On March 5, 2009 I sent Brenna a message and asked if she remembered the guy who broke her heart in high school. She wrote back that her heart was fine and called me a dork. At this time I was living in Martin, TN and attending the University of Tennessee as the oldest junior in their nursing program. Brenna's cousin and his wife were expecting a baby in May and Brenna was to be the godmother. Since her cousin lived in Nashville and she was flying in, and I was only a couple of hours away from Nashville, we arranged to met at the airport to say hi and get reacquainted.
I spotted her walking down the concourse and she took my breath away. She was even more beautiful than I remembered. I had bought a couple cups of coffee because I love coffee and she had left Sacramento at 6 a.m. that morning. As I stood there waiting on her, she walked up to me and said, "Is one of those a mocha?" and kept on walking!
She didn't recognize me! She almost made it to the exit before she realised who I was. We hugged and laughed and I gave her the not-a-mocha cup from Starbuck's.
Later that day She kissed me. It was even better than the first time 23 years earlier. And the Earth started rotating again. After all the years that had passed I was still hopelessly and helplessly in love with her. I saw her a couple of times that summer. She lives in Sacramento and I live in Martin so it was a time of emails, texts, and calls.
Currently, I'm on a break from nursing school and spending a couple of months with Brenna here in Sacramento. After I graduate next spring, I'm moving to Sacramento to finally marry my first and only true love.
None of this would have happened if my cousin Allison hadn't encouraged me to get on Facebook. I'm forever grateful and indebted to her and Facebook."
Here is their story according to Cameron:
"I moved to Hendersonville, TN in December 1985 and enrolled at Beech High School. It was the last semester of my senior year and the only person that I knew at Beech was my cousin Allison.
When classes started after the Christmas break I noticed this beautiful cheerleader in the hallway. She was, without a doubt, the epitome of "drop-dead gorgeous". The bonus for me was finding out from my cousin that she was interested in me too! We began dating soon thereafter.
We dated for three weeks before our first kiss. It was truly a magical moment. On our way out of her Mom's house for a movie date she turned out the lights. The last light was a lamp that worked simply by touching it. I'm contrary and obnoxious sometimes, okay, most of the time, so I touched the lamp "on" as soon as she touched it "off". We did this several times until I leaned in to turn it on one more time and our eyes met and the Earth stopped spinning. We leaned toward each other and kissed. For 45 minutes. And missed the movie. It was the best kiss of my life, or so I thought.
We dated for a year and a half and during that time I moved back to Dallas, TX. We continued to date and I drove all night in a borrowed car from Dallas to Hendersonville to propose to her.
Through some incredibly foolish decisions on my part, our relationship and engagement ended. I never stopped thinking of her or stopped wanting her in my life.
Fast forward through 23 years of life and my cousin Allison, the same one who introduced me to Brenna in the hallway at Beech High School, urged me to get a Facebook account. Three weeks after I signed up at Facebook I saw on my cousin's wall that she was friends with Brenna's brother, Fuzz. Yeah, its a nickname. Well, lo and behold he was friends with Brenna!
On March 5, 2009 I sent Brenna a message and asked if she remembered the guy who broke her heart in high school. She wrote back that her heart was fine and called me a dork. At this time I was living in Martin, TN and attending the University of Tennessee as the oldest junior in their nursing program. Brenna's cousin and his wife were expecting a baby in May and Brenna was to be the godmother. Since her cousin lived in Nashville and she was flying in, and I was only a couple of hours away from Nashville, we arranged to met at the airport to say hi and get reacquainted.
I spotted her walking down the concourse and she took my breath away. She was even more beautiful than I remembered. I had bought a couple cups of coffee because I love coffee and she had left Sacramento at 6 a.m. that morning. As I stood there waiting on her, she walked up to me and said, "Is one of those a mocha?" and kept on walking!
She didn't recognize me! She almost made it to the exit before she realised who I was. We hugged and laughed and I gave her the not-a-mocha cup from Starbuck's.
Later that day She kissed me. It was even better than the first time 23 years earlier. And the Earth started rotating again. After all the years that had passed I was still hopelessly and helplessly in love with her. I saw her a couple of times that summer. She lives in Sacramento and I live in Martin so it was a time of emails, texts, and calls.
Currently, I'm on a break from nursing school and spending a couple of months with Brenna here in Sacramento. After I graduate next spring, I'm moving to Sacramento to finally marry my first and only true love.
None of this would have happened if my cousin Allison hadn't encouraged me to get on Facebook. I'm forever grateful and indebted to her and Facebook."
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Down Side of Status Updates
Social Media sites like Facebook have become a live journal of our every day lives. Average users check in and update their status updates one to two times a day. More active users check in sometimes, every few minutes; some posts very Poignant and thoughtful and others, well- how should I say it- just plain useless!
We list what we had for breakfast,or lunch, or dinner... or about our walk around the block; that we are sitting in traffic etc... it becomes a cathartic part of our every day lives.
Like most, I fall somewhere in the middle: of posting good information, my curiosities and insights, and yes, sometimes, I too will post what might seem like to others as my "every move".
I left out of town on a family emergency early this morning. When I got to my destination, I posted one of those thoughtless status updates: "I've landed". Very simple.
While I had covered most of my responsibilities, someone who felt that I had left a stone unturned was outraged by the fact that they learned on Facebook that I had left town.
Now, given that I will own my responsibility in not S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G out for this person my exact plans, and because I had prioritized the loose ends I needed to tie up, I had yet to send them what they had requested. After-all, it was still well over 24 hours before they needed the information.
Anyway, my question now is, had I NOT posted that update, would they have ever cared that I had left especially when what they needed landed in their email inbox?
My suspicion is, probably not. They would have never gotten worked up, feeling like I forgot about our agreement or been disappointed that I had left without them knowing.
So the moral of this story is, even the most simple of posts can begin to open cans of worms we didn't even know we had!
We list what we had for breakfast,or lunch, or dinner... or about our walk around the block; that we are sitting in traffic etc... it becomes a cathartic part of our every day lives.
Like most, I fall somewhere in the middle: of posting good information, my curiosities and insights, and yes, sometimes, I too will post what might seem like to others as my "every move".
I left out of town on a family emergency early this morning. When I got to my destination, I posted one of those thoughtless status updates: "I've landed". Very simple.
While I had covered most of my responsibilities, someone who felt that I had left a stone unturned was outraged by the fact that they learned on Facebook that I had left town.
Now, given that I will own my responsibility in not S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G out for this person my exact plans, and because I had prioritized the loose ends I needed to tie up, I had yet to send them what they had requested. After-all, it was still well over 24 hours before they needed the information.
Anyway, my question now is, had I NOT posted that update, would they have ever cared that I had left especially when what they needed landed in their email inbox?
My suspicion is, probably not. They would have never gotten worked up, feeling like I forgot about our agreement or been disappointed that I had left without them knowing.
So the moral of this story is, even the most simple of posts can begin to open cans of worms we didn't even know we had!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
How life can change in the blink of an eye
I received a call tonight, the kind that you never want to receive. No, it wasn't a telemarketer, or a bill collector... but rather, my Dad on the other end of the line choking back tears.
When he gathered himself, I heard the words "she died". He was referring to my beautiful cousin, Julie, 43, a single mom of 2, who passed unexpectedly from a heart attack today. As I heard the broken details through his emotions, I sat stunned. He passed the phone to my mom, (whom, just one year ago, we were concerned about losing her to breast cancer) who was devastated over the loss of her youngest niece.
After many phone calls and hours of shock, I jumped on Facebook for some mindless surfing. I found myself on Julie's page looking at her pictures and the many messages left by those who had heard the tragic news.
As I scrolled down, I saw two things that brought both a tear to my eye and a smile to my heart:
Carlee (19 year old Daughter away at college) to Julie (aka "Mom"): hey mom. :) just wanted to say hi.. ! hope you have an amazing week!! see you wednesday night!!!!!! LOVE and MISS you.
Yesterday, 6:24 pm.
Carlee had no idea, when she posted that message to her Mom that less than 24 hours later, her mother would be getting her "wings".
I also noticed, that Julie's last post read: What a beautiful day !!! (last Wednesday)
I am so glad that I have that to look back to and know, that while life wasn't always easy for this hard working, single mom, she could still find beautiful things to post on Facebook.
I think it's an honor to be able to have such a "record" of sorts of the final hours of someone's life. While her death was unexpected, (and definitely stings) I can look back and "hear" her voice through her status updates.
Thanks, Facebook.
Rest in Peace "Julie Bub"
When he gathered himself, I heard the words "she died". He was referring to my beautiful cousin, Julie, 43, a single mom of 2, who passed unexpectedly from a heart attack today. As I heard the broken details through his emotions, I sat stunned. He passed the phone to my mom, (whom, just one year ago, we were concerned about losing her to breast cancer) who was devastated over the loss of her youngest niece.
After many phone calls and hours of shock, I jumped on Facebook for some mindless surfing. I found myself on Julie's page looking at her pictures and the many messages left by those who had heard the tragic news.
As I scrolled down, I saw two things that brought both a tear to my eye and a smile to my heart:
Carlee (19 year old Daughter away at college) to Julie (aka "Mom"): hey mom. :) just wanted to say hi.. ! hope you have an amazing week!! see you wednesday night!!!!!! LOVE and MISS you.
Yesterday, 6:24 pm.
Carlee had no idea, when she posted that message to her Mom that less than 24 hours later, her mother would be getting her "wings".
I also noticed, that Julie's last post read: What a beautiful day !!! (last Wednesday)
I am so glad that I have that to look back to and know, that while life wasn't always easy for this hard working, single mom, she could still find beautiful things to post on Facebook.
I think it's an honor to be able to have such a "record" of sorts of the final hours of someone's life. While her death was unexpected, (and definitely stings) I can look back and "hear" her voice through her status updates.
Thanks, Facebook.
Rest in Peace "Julie Bub"
Friday, March 5, 2010
Integrity & Etiquette on the Internet
So, this past week (in particular)I have witness some very inappropriate an unethical things on Facebook, particularly in the business community. It amazes me how people feel free to leave their social etiquette at the door (or at the log in) and behave in ways online that they would NEVER do in person!
Now, I think we can all agree that there are differences in opinions, freedom of speech and all that jazz, but even though Emily Post hasn't written the book on Social Media Etiquette, I still believe that general social etiquette applies.
I was frustrated on Tuesday about the lack of etiquette (and integrity) that people were showing on the wonderful "FB", so I posted the following statement: "Facebook has exhausted me this week... etiquette people, etiquette!" Within minutes I had several responses, most of which were in support of my statement. Of course there is always "one", who has to post and it went a little something like this:
"No one is going to tell me how to be on Facebook. There is no Facebook Etiquette and how dare you try and tell me how I need to be"...
Really? And to top it off, I didn't even know the guy! I doubt I had even noted a post of his or ever had a conversation (in person or online) and yet for some reason he felt as though my statement was directed towards him!
Now, I am definitely not the Facebook police, nor do I want to be, but I just can't stand to see people (especially in the local business community) berate one another publicly, post their own business ads on someone else's fan page, or completely harass people via chat etc...
Do they somehow feel that Facebook is a vehicle for which they should let their true feelings show regardless if it is at the expense of other people?
Now, I think we can all agree that there are differences in opinions, freedom of speech and all that jazz, but even though Emily Post hasn't written the book on Social Media Etiquette, I still believe that general social etiquette applies.
I was frustrated on Tuesday about the lack of etiquette (and integrity) that people were showing on the wonderful "FB", so I posted the following statement: "Facebook has exhausted me this week... etiquette people, etiquette!" Within minutes I had several responses, most of which were in support of my statement. Of course there is always "one", who has to post and it went a little something like this:
"No one is going to tell me how to be on Facebook. There is no Facebook Etiquette and how dare you try and tell me how I need to be"...
Really? And to top it off, I didn't even know the guy! I doubt I had even noted a post of his or ever had a conversation (in person or online) and yet for some reason he felt as though my statement was directed towards him!
Now, I am definitely not the Facebook police, nor do I want to be, but I just can't stand to see people (especially in the local business community) berate one another publicly, post their own business ads on someone else's fan page, or completely harass people via chat etc...
Do they somehow feel that Facebook is a vehicle for which they should let their true feelings show regardless if it is at the expense of other people?
Inaugural Post
So I have been debating about starting a blog about my "Facebook Adventures" for quite some time now. I have loved it, hated it, smiled and had my blood boiling, all on the same day (sometimes in the same hour).
I used to refer to myself as a Facebook "junkie" but over the past 2 years of using it I have come to learn tips and tricks that have helped manage my time and still keep up to date.
Because of Facebook and the nature of my work (professionally networking) I have been able to meet some amazing people, connect with old friends and learn so much about human nature.
I was a Social Worker in my previous "life" so I find human nature (People Watching is a favorite pass time) fascinating and I don't think there is a better place, on or offline, to view people at their "core". While it has made me laugh, smile and cringe, we humans are what we are, and I will be posting from here on out about my Adventures (and the adventures of others) on Facebook!
ENJOY!
I used to refer to myself as a Facebook "junkie" but over the past 2 years of using it I have come to learn tips and tricks that have helped manage my time and still keep up to date.
Because of Facebook and the nature of my work (professionally networking) I have been able to meet some amazing people, connect with old friends and learn so much about human nature.
I was a Social Worker in my previous "life" so I find human nature (People Watching is a favorite pass time) fascinating and I don't think there is a better place, on or offline, to view people at their "core". While it has made me laugh, smile and cringe, we humans are what we are, and I will be posting from here on out about my Adventures (and the adventures of others) on Facebook!
ENJOY!
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