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Me watching you watching me

Dear Friends and Acquaintances,

Yesterday, it struck me again how much information is available on the internet. What started out as a two-minute search for the properties of Bloodstone, turned into a three-hour session that covered topics ranging from geology to modern magic to Wicca to various other organized religions to the US Bill of Rights to personal information on a friend of mine. I found the Bloodstone information I was looking for in the first two minutes, but I just could not help myself. One question led to others. It is so easy to get lost in the internet and the nearly limitless amount of information house there. So, needless to say I fell farther behind on my FAD challenge word count.

Then, I jumped on the blogosphere, read a few posts, and made some comments. As I was commenting on a post, it occurred to me, again, how much personal information we share with others without giving it much thought. We talk about ourselves, our families, and our lifestyles. What we like to eat, to drink, where we like to go and things we like to do. Now, I am no longer as paranoid as I used to be in my younger days. I don’t post information about others without their expressed permission. However, there is still a little voice that tells me to pay attention to what goes on around me. People are watching what I say and do. 😐  Dun, dun, duuun!

Since I am giving out so much information on myself, I thought it would be a good idea to keep track of who it is I’m giving this information to. WordPress, to my knowledge, has not seen fit to provide who stops by to view my posts so, I must take matters into my own hands. I decided to create a clone. The clone would need a disguise to ensure no one would know it is me. It cannot sleep and should be easy to care for.

For reasons which I will not get into in this public medium, I have a close relationship to the Rabbit/Hare. Yes, I know they are very different. I am a biologist for crying out loud. However, many people think they are the same thing and I am not inclined to take the time to explain it every time the question comes up. That’s what the internet is for.  🙂 But I digress. I looked through 80,000 images and found a self-portrait which now resides at the top of my blog site.

So, beginning now, I will always be here, watching you watching me!

 
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Posted by on December 18, 2012 in Musings and Odd Thoughts

 

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Positive Reinforcement

All too often we dwell on the negative. Our families know what buttons to push. Teachers tell us we need to apply ourselves. The media tells us that we are too dumb to know what is best for us. Our writers groups slice our sacred words to ribbons. And sometimes we actually believe them!

Then we take a break and regroup. We come back and open up our site and find the gem that shines as a beacon. A glimmer of hope that says, someone liked a post, someone made a comment that gives us a new idea, or someone like Shannon Howell gives you a Versatile Blogger Award.

No, it’s not like winning the lottery or receiving a six figure advance for a three book deal. However, it is positive reinforcement that indicates that what I do has touched someone else in some small way.

As I step to the podium to accept this award, I am reminded to complete three tasks:

1) Thank you, Shannon for thinking me worthy. Though my site is only a few weeks old, I promise to live up to the letter of this award.

2)  Seven things about myself not otherwise listed:

     a. Master Gardener through the University of Minnesota Extension Office.

     b. Ballroom dancing kept me busy until I decided to use the money spent on lessons to buy a house.

     c. I have built and flown radio-controlled airplanes.

     d. I am an omnivoure by genetic design.

     e. The first book I read cover to cover was, “Where Eagles Dare” by Alistair MacLean.

     f. I spent eight years working on advance life support ambulances.

     g. I am not a touch typist.

3) Fifteen Blogs that deserve this award (Are you kidding me?):

Robotic Rhetoric – Because he was the first to hit my site and he has an interesting sense of humor as he attempts to destroy the english language. 

M J Wright

 From Kathleen’s Desk

 Teschoenborn

 Writers Write Daily

 Compromise and Conceit

 Scribbling in the Storage Room

Michael Radcliffe

Dawn Ross

Making Baby Grand the Novel

Writings of Cassidy Cornblatt

Writing by the Numbers

Be a Novelist

Jake’s Blog

Nicola l Mcdonald

It may take me a while to notify everyone they have been nominated. However, I will get it done as soon as possible.

 
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Posted by on February 13, 2012 in Other Strangeness

 

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