Has Dull TV has Help Creat the Facebook/Blog Phenomena?

Well, it is another Friday night ... and after perusing the TV Guide ... I now know what has fueled the Facebook/Blog phenomena ... the absolute dullness of the TV offerings. Ho-hum shows ... re-worked plots ... idiotic reality shows that glorify the demoralizing of the human spirit ... banality ... repetitious movies (so if you didn't catch the first time ... wait an hour for the repeat.), etc.


There is nothing to challenge ... nurture ... educate ... uplift ... amuse ... captivate ....

So, Facebook and the various blogs are winning the public attention ... loyalties ... time ... addictions ... by default due the inability of the Networks' to rise out of the bogs where they are stuck.

Since the "good" shows are few and far between during our week; the water cooler talk has become fragmented ... using quasi-universal text/blog languages ... memories are no longer cohesive from the same experiences ... our communication skills start relying on smaller and smaller "bytes" of information from our senses.

Not that the Networks don't have a few winners out there ... but Friday's only redemption is "Numbers."


So apparently, I will be learning and participating in this new world ...


And that's my opinion.

Is where I am where I wish to be?

Frankly, I've started this blogging with a very altruistic and noble motive ... well, slightly altruistic ... okay, a second cousin to noble ... fine. I was dragged kicking and screaming into this blundering, seething bowl of noodles one (much younger than myself) cheerfully refers to as an on-line community. Pah.

I am edgy about this new world ... I partake in communication at all my sensory levels ... this leaves soooooo many of those senses behind. Blogging is so 2 dimensional ...

This stated, I have always been adventurous ... not ever the first horse out of the block ... but definitely 2nd or 3rd!! I don't like stepping out first ... what if that ground is an illusion? And I won't step out late ... this girl does not like smelly biologicals stuck to her crocs.

So back to my personal start in the WOB (World of Blogging) ...


1. I've just embarked on the 2nd half century of my life ... I will not be an ostrich.

2. My niece and nephew are vitally important to me ... so I will attempt to relate to them in their chosen venue. (They are great young adults who indulge me by not texting ((usually)) in my presence) I will be there. I promise not to mortally embarrass them by referring to them by name, divulge (rolling of eyes here) family stories that cause cringing, or lecture on behavior, hair style (or lack thereof) and relationships.

3. Seeing humor in my ordinary life ... I enjoy savouring those moments in my mind ... repetitiously comforting like well read book. With that said ... I would like to post ... as the mood prevails ... to be the official "storyteller" of my existence while on the "3rd Rock."

So, if you so desire to "read" the randomness of my indulgent meanders ... if you can excuse being wordy, trite and opinionated ... I guess I can try to appreciate this "Brave New World."