Social networking sites... Facebook, Myspace, and the like. Americans cannot like without it. 24/7, our friends, bosses, Grandma and Grandpa are on it. We think it is harmless, posting pictures and blogs that talk about things we think nothing about.
Monday, during my off days, my phone rang with my work listed on the caller ID. I did not answer because it was work calling me. Two minutes later, the phone rings again. This time, it was my coworker, Alex, on caller ID. I remember she works today. I answer and she was crying.
"What's wrong?", I ask.
"Are you home?"
"Yes I am. What's the matter?"
"I'll tell you in a minute."
So in a minute, she knocks at the door. I answer and she cries, "I'm sorry for getting us suspended for two days." I was thinking "What the fuck? What's going on?" I didn't know what to say, I was in trying to figure everything out.
Yesterday, Sunday, I showed her how to post video on Youtube and how to put a link to it on Facebook. This video, we shot at work during some free time, of us sneaking into the kitchen to grab a coffee pot to make coffee. The boss is a "friend" of hers on Facebook. He sees the video and decides to have a talk with her.
In the end, we both get suspended, just because of us doing this video while we're supposed to be working. During five minutes of our time that we have nothing to do, we're caught up with everything on a slow weekend. But NO, this is a company violation. Fucking stupid!
We hear stuff like this all the time on the news, how someone gets fired or gets in trouble because of something they post on a social networking site. It was during business hours on Monday that the boss logs on Facebook and sees this video.
So kids, think before you post. Think about all the scenarios that may take place when you post something on a website. Who will see it? Who will be offended by it? Is it necessary that you post it? Normally this would be nothing, but because our department is the red-headed step kid of the company, and the GM is Lucifer, this harmless event is as bad as Armageddon.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Twenty Twelve
Sometimes I ponder about what life will be like in a few years. Presidential campaigns in full swing, new technologies in communication and healthcare, new genres of music, the end of the world?
December 21, 2012 is a day many people say the world will end. It all started with experts realizing the Mayan calendar stops at a date equivalent to the day in December of '12. A day that ends on the Winter Solstice.
What did the Mayans know? Maybe they just got tired of making a calendars for centuries into the future and went out of business?
While most people think it's the end of the world, others say there will be a change in humanity at that time. Our society is living on electronics. Cell phones, computers, electrical grids, television and radio are things we take for granted. Technology is advancing so fast that it is a way of life for most of us. Maybe this change in humanity will be when our technology stops working and we will have to live like the pioneers, with Pony Express to communicate long distances, oil lamps for light and ride around on a horse.
EMP, Electromagnetic Pulse, could be the cause. Or maybe solar flares. Some scientists say a new sun cycle will happen in 2012. Last time I checked, sun spot activity was at its lowest. Maybe the sunspots will all emerge at once at the next solar cycle, releasing solar flares and electromagnetic radiation that will burn out the satellites' wiring and chips, and wreak havock on modern society. But it should make for a beautiful night sky.
I can see the disaster in that. Teenage girls won't be able to text anymore. They will have to chisel "OMG WTF? I cant txt nemore!" onto a rock and throw it at their friend.
That's just my guess on what will happen. Others say the Earth's magnetic poles will shift, an asteroid will hit, ET will return, a black hole created in the particle accelerator in Europe will swallow us up, or a nuclear holocaust will happen.
Who knows? But this makes me want to prepare, stock up on guns and survival gear, and start digging my new home.
December 21, 2012 is a day many people say the world will end. It all started with experts realizing the Mayan calendar stops at a date equivalent to the day in December of '12. A day that ends on the Winter Solstice.
What did the Mayans know? Maybe they just got tired of making a calendars for centuries into the future and went out of business?
While most people think it's the end of the world, others say there will be a change in humanity at that time. Our society is living on electronics. Cell phones, computers, electrical grids, television and radio are things we take for granted. Technology is advancing so fast that it is a way of life for most of us. Maybe this change in humanity will be when our technology stops working and we will have to live like the pioneers, with Pony Express to communicate long distances, oil lamps for light and ride around on a horse.
EMP, Electromagnetic Pulse, could be the cause. Or maybe solar flares. Some scientists say a new sun cycle will happen in 2012. Last time I checked, sun spot activity was at its lowest. Maybe the sunspots will all emerge at once at the next solar cycle, releasing solar flares and electromagnetic radiation that will burn out the satellites' wiring and chips, and wreak havock on modern society. But it should make for a beautiful night sky.
I can see the disaster in that. Teenage girls won't be able to text anymore. They will have to chisel "OMG WTF? I cant txt nemore!" onto a rock and throw it at their friend.
That's just my guess on what will happen. Others say the Earth's magnetic poles will shift, an asteroid will hit, ET will return, a black hole created in the particle accelerator in Europe will swallow us up, or a nuclear holocaust will happen.
Who knows? But this makes me want to prepare, stock up on guns and survival gear, and start digging my new home.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Flies Are Stupid
Most living organisms on this great Earth know that when they are in a situation that causes life-threatening danger, they stay away from it. Not flies.
Today was a day when the house became invaded with house flies. I had the windows up with screens and at about 2 p.m., the entire house was infested with flies. 10 to 20 of them would be smacking into the windows, then fly away, only to do a 180 degree turn to hit the window again. Swarms of flies were outside the window attempting to get in.
After a while, I went out to buy some sticky fly catcher tape to hang up on the windows. I closed the windows and hung them up. The stupid flies would smack into the tape and start buzzing. Some would just give up. But there were some that refused. They would buzz their wings non-stop until they freed themselves. Then the stupid fuckers would fly back into the tape a minute later. IQ's of less than 1 at its finest.
Watching a movie later, one of the few flies roaming around lands on the TV and I attempt to swat it. Knowing his life was in danger, he flies away. But returns a few minutes later. The stupid life-form came back three times before I ended his sorry life.
Flies are stupid. I hear one buzzing on the tape right now trying to get free. But it'll be back.
Fuck you, PETA!
Today was a day when the house became invaded with house flies. I had the windows up with screens and at about 2 p.m., the entire house was infested with flies. 10 to 20 of them would be smacking into the windows, then fly away, only to do a 180 degree turn to hit the window again. Swarms of flies were outside the window attempting to get in.
After a while, I went out to buy some sticky fly catcher tape to hang up on the windows. I closed the windows and hung them up. The stupid flies would smack into the tape and start buzzing. Some would just give up. But there were some that refused. They would buzz their wings non-stop until they freed themselves. Then the stupid fuckers would fly back into the tape a minute later. IQ's of less than 1 at its finest.
Watching a movie later, one of the few flies roaming around lands on the TV and I attempt to swat it. Knowing his life was in danger, he flies away. But returns a few minutes later. The stupid life-form came back three times before I ended his sorry life.
Flies are stupid. I hear one buzzing on the tape right now trying to get free. But it'll be back.
Fuck you, PETA!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Blogs
I am not much of a blogger. I do not have any kind of writing skills. I hardly let people know what I'm thinking about. So therefore, I am not a blogger.
But after being referred to this website dedicated solely to the art of writing by a friend I had not seen in years, I thought I would jump on the blogging train.
But what do I write about?
I've posted a few blogs on sites such as Facebook and Myspace, if it was something that I thought would be interesting and I wanted everyone to know. But those sites are not just for blogs. But a site like this, makes me feel I need to deliver something on a regular basis.
A friend who is a big Washington Nationals fan has a blog site and he sometimes posts articles four times a day about the happenings in the Nationals franchise. He and his wife have a blog site devoted to telling friends and family about their new daughter and her progress in life.
People can write about anything... their lives, hobbies, family, jobs, habits, etc. I wonder if I can do the same? I think I will just write about what's on my mind, most of the time my mind is blank anyway.
Where did the term "blog" come from anyway?
But after being referred to this website dedicated solely to the art of writing by a friend I had not seen in years, I thought I would jump on the blogging train.
But what do I write about?
I've posted a few blogs on sites such as Facebook and Myspace, if it was something that I thought would be interesting and I wanted everyone to know. But those sites are not just for blogs. But a site like this, makes me feel I need to deliver something on a regular basis.
A friend who is a big Washington Nationals fan has a blog site and he sometimes posts articles four times a day about the happenings in the Nationals franchise. He and his wife have a blog site devoted to telling friends and family about their new daughter and her progress in life.
People can write about anything... their lives, hobbies, family, jobs, habits, etc. I wonder if I can do the same? I think I will just write about what's on my mind, most of the time my mind is blank anyway.
Where did the term "blog" come from anyway?
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