Facebook

A few days ago, I signed up for a Facebook account. My wife had been signed up for a couple of weeks and had been talking non-stop about it. She would go on and on about what her friends and family were telling her while she was online. So, I followed suit. My 16 year old daughter also signed up about the same time.

Since then, I've received almost 500 e-mails from Facebook. I've tagged probably a hundred pics of myself with people I've known over the past 30 years. I've posted 50 pics of my own and I'm scouring through old scrap books, year books and saved digital pictures so I can post them on Facebook, too. Would anyone happen to know how to convert VHS to digital video? I have some great footage from high school that I would LOVE to share online. See, this is how it goes.

Then, there's the people. I've heard the comedy routine (though I can't remember the comedian) that says the guy won't attend his high school class reunion. He says "why should I go? I didn't like those people then. Why would I want to see them now?" I have to say there are a few people that I wouldn't care to catch up with now that I'm all grown up. But, there are a lot more that I would like to know or find out where they are and how they're getting along. I started doing that earlier this week. All week long, I would take out time throughout the day to see who else I could catch up with. I talked to my college roommate on Thursday for about 30 minutes. I hadn't seen the guy in almost 20 years. I heard from many more that I hadn't seen or heard in at least that amount of time or any time since.

I've heard all sorts of things about Facebook, and it seems one of them is common: the word addictive. I would have to agree with that. Facebook IS addictive! It's exciting to catch up with people after a long hiatus. It's also riviting to wonder who you might hear from next. I will say one thing, I'd much rather say that I'm addicted to Facebook, than say to internet porn or anything else. Say "addicted to Facebook" and people will laugh or agree with you. Say "addicted to internet porn" and people flee like you have the plague.