I have tried to NOT make fun of twitter, for fear of putting bad juju out into the universe, but I can no longer hold my tongue. Twitter is the weirdest social media site I’ve ever experienced. And I’ve experienced two. First of all, there’s this weird hierarchy established by […]
Every time someone sends me a friend request, I’m filled with a sense of dread. Why? Because I’m a lot to take on Facebook, and — for some people, like the twenty-something, best friend of my sister’s step-son — a friendship with me is Not A Good Fit. […]
Hello! You’ve unfriended me and now that I’m over the “Screw you! I didn’t even like you that much in high school!” phase, I’d really like to improve myself. But I need your help. So — please — let me know how I can make myself a better […]
For years I would watch many of my Facebook friends doing things on Facebook, but refusing to connect with me. I figured they just didn’t like me. That made me wonder why Facebook refers to them as friends, since people who ignore me and blatantly don’t like me […]
Ahhhh, the Facebook “Like.” That little blue link that says so much and so nothing at the same time. The word itself — like — is so completely inadequate. For example, in 7th grade, when you begin to like boys for the first time, you have to use […]
The other day someone pointed out how different my online self is from my 3-dimensional self. My online self is sassy, bitchy and foul-mouthed; whereas, my 3-D self is cautious, kind and foul-mouthed (some things carry over). Parenthetically, it should be noted that my online self and 3-D […]
I recently connected with an old friend who’d gone back to our hometown for Thanksgiving. The friend told me how my name came up in conversations about Facebook, and I was somewhat surprised to hear that the talk was not, CBW’s posts are hysterical, adorable and of the […]
