I got a couple messages and emails asking about why I am abandoning FB and what caused it. To clarify: There is no single incident that caused this. Just an ongoing, nagging sensation I have about abuse and clarity of content I provide. Facebook, while great in some respects, invites a certain type of "Chatroom or message board ethics" in that you can comment to people's feed. I prevented people from posting to my wall, but could not control the feed. And sometimes I post things I am passionate about and it invites all sorts of things. And really, its silly for me to post those things in FB anyway. All I am doing is looking for a "Virtual High Five," as a pal once likened it to. And I do that plenty enough on Twitter. And with Twitter, I can control the content much more. You get abusive, you get a big fat BLOCK from me. That simple. FB makes you feel guilty and all sorts of other things. So I am forced to keep FB because I need access to certain groups I am a part of, and photos I have (which are now deemed PRIVATE for my use only). However the only content I will post will be in my Facebook group Fan page. So if you want to continue to receive updates on my work and other such related things, go there and LIKE it. Otherwise, Stick to here at my website or Twitter. I will expand no further for the forseeable future. Too many websites to maintain and it takes valuable time better spent on production. Case closed! Hope that clarifies. Anyway, all are invited and welcome to LIKE my page there. Get abusive, you get deleted and unliked from there. Dig it? Cool.
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I've been watching my best friend (SHANE from the Idiothead.com podcast) this week and his excitement about moving into a new home. See he moved his whole family to Maryland. But his wife, understandably, missed her family here in the mitten, so they focused their energy on a way to move back. He scored a great job and since has been living here. They got a potential buyer on their house and so they started the house search. Immediately they found one that is their "dream." and after seeing pics of it, I am more than pleased. The wife and I have set on our 2012 plan to get out of credit card debt for good. After that, we planned on focusing on saving for the future and getting a place to live that would be a comfort to all of us, including the new baby that is on the way. Right now we live in a small two bedroom apartment to save money and it ain't going to work. So we have been thinking about renting a townhome. Or is it better to own a home? We've debated back and forth. No idea which is the better option. But the more I think about it, I kind of want to own a home. Although I don't really "OWN" it. But it would be "MINE" for the short while I have left on this planet. I guess its something that is in the back of our minds while we get debt free. An ULTIMATE GOAL if you will. For now, I can live vicariously through my friend and his family and feel their excitement. It really is a great house. A dream house. I'd love it. Hell, I loved their house in St. Joseph!
So overall, just gotta keep on my 2012 goals as I stated before, and just keep the dreams flowing. Maybe a seed will plant and roots take place. And the dream can become alive. We shall see.
T
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