Remember in 4th grade when you’d have to scan the newspaper and bring in a “Current Events” article? I sure do, I always dreaded it. I just could never find an article that I liked, or really one that I
understood. I mean, it was 4th grade, what did I know about the world??? My mom liked to say that because I had a late birthday (November) in the grade, I was at a disadvantage and had a harder time than the rest of the appropriate aged kids. It was a nice way of saying, "you’ll catch up someday." Well apparently at 25, that day has come. I finally caught up and find myself perusing the internet for stories about Facebook and then summarizing them for the rest of the world to see. For some reason, I’m under the impression that you care about what I’ve found. If you do, take a look, if not, [insert rude comment that I am currently thinking, but do not want to say, here].
understood. I mean, it was 4th grade, what did I know about the world??? My mom liked to say that because I had a late birthday (November) in the grade, I was at a disadvantage and had a harder time than the rest of the appropriate aged kids. It was a nice way of saying, "you’ll catch up someday." Well apparently at 25, that day has come. I finally caught up and find myself perusing the internet for stories about Facebook and then summarizing them for the rest of the world to see. For some reason, I’m under the impression that you care about what I’ve found. If you do, take a look, if not, [insert rude comment that I am currently thinking, but do not want to say, here].
The Office Ninja
I came across this article and had myself a little chuckle. I don’t know this man, but I certainly can relate to him. He writes about his personal struggle with breaking the addiction to the internet and social networking sites. His goal is to clear all the distractions of the internet from his daily work environment in order to strive and become what he calls, an “office ninja.” I’m not going to lie, the title of the article kind of scared me, but I decided to take a look. Its called, The Internet Ruined My Life by Pat Regnier, be sure to check it out.
Face1N1
Now this article, Facebook App Fights Flu is a really doozy. My first thought after reading this was, “are you kidding me?’ Here’s the gist: There’s a new application out called “I’m a Flu Fighter!” (I can almost see a little kid calling himself a flu fighter while pouncing on the jungle gym with one hand in his mouth and another wiping snot on the poor kid next to him). The purpose of the app is for people to tell their friends they got the H1N1/seasonal flu vaccine and encourage them to do the same. Here’s a thought, how bout you just get the flu shot and call your friend and tell him to get one too. No? I just don’t buy the fact that an application is going to ward off the flu by just telling people to take the proper precautions. I’m pretty sure Brian Williams is doing a pretty good job of scaring the crap out of people nightly with the widespread severity of the flu. Watch your local news, and wash your hands and you’ll be good to go.
And We All Laughed At Bush
This article is by far my favorite. No summary really necessary, just click for yourself and see. The title kind of gives it away, New Croatia President Has Facebook Problems. If this is Croatia's biggest problem, we should all move there asap!
I hope I did Mrs. Curran proud. And Mom, even though I couldn't string the beads as fast at the other kids in Kindergarten, there's nothing wrong with being a late bloomer!
And We All Laughed At Bush
This article is by far my favorite. No summary really necessary, just click for yourself and see. The title kind of gives it away, New Croatia President Has Facebook Problems. If this is Croatia's biggest problem, we should all move there asap!
I hope I did Mrs. Curran proud. And Mom, even though I couldn't string the beads as fast at the other kids in Kindergarten, there's nothing wrong with being a late bloomer!
