R.I.P. Facebook

Well, I did it.  I killed my Facebook account.  I clicked the "Permanently Delete" box and hit the enter button.  Whew!  Man, do I feel better.  

I never really got Facebook.  I signed up to monitor my daughters activity.  What I got was inundated with worthless information.  

Here's the fundamental disconnect I see with Facebook:  I log on and my screen is filled with comments and daily minutia from friends.... and worse yet, their friends.  The fact is, I don't care if you're sitting at Olive Garden sipping on a apple-tini (even if we did share some good times together in college).  And I certainly don't care about your friend's friend Lacy from Accounting and what she thinks about global warming.... not my concern.

We are already overwhelmed in our daily lives with information.  The last thing I need is more meaningless details.  The next time I want to "social network," I'll pick up a phone and call you....

Ahh.  Free at last....

Bye Bye VW Camper

Said good bye to my 1973 VW Campmobile yesterday.... sniff, sniff, sniff.  It wasn't all sadness - there was some humor to the occasion.

The new owner waved and drove away.  Fifteen minutes later, she called me.  She was stranded on the side of the road - the VW quit running!?!?!  Murphy's Law struck again.  I went and got her and got the VW to a buddy of mine.  My guess is a bad fuel pump. 

I ALMOST got rid of my campmobile yesterday....

Bye Bye Buick

My Buick is gone.  Sold.  No longer part of the family.  (sniff!)  But it went to a good home and is tentatively scheduled to be raced next year in the 2013 Greatrace!  The old adage about sports cars is true - the happiest days in your life are the day you buy the car..... and the day you sell it.  Bye bye Buick.....   

I can't believe its been a year since my last post.  I'll do better.