Week 7 * Thing 12

Well, I can sleep well tonight, because the Gnome Name Generator has revealed to me that my gnome's gname is Stewart the Lost Night Watchman of Wick. (As a Pratchett fan, I am of course favorably disposed towards the Night Watch.)

But honestly, do these people not have day jobs -- or is this what they do at their day jobs?

Not that I didn't have fun. I enjoyed the Letter James e-cards, and I may actually go back to that site. And the Pocket Emo Generator helped me in my quest to define and identify this new sub-cultural group -- wearing a messenger bag seems to be key.

Disappointingly, the Instant Salvation Generator did not live up to it name. The Merovingian Name Generator seems to have a leaning toward the lewd, but I guess the Merovingians did too.

Creating avatars was definitely too creepy for me -- I assume it's a sign of age. They just all seem too slinky and insidious, as though they might inexplicably mutate into a computer virus if I saved one in my computer. So I didn't.

Not a Week at All

Well, since my day job has been getting so excruciatingly in the way, I really have little of substance to add here -- at least, little that is on topic. As a diversionary measure, I will post this video on THE hot topic of current politics -- wren hunting.

Week 5 * Things 10 & 11

Well, talk about seductive! Opening up a Facebook account is like walking onto a fairgrounds - you're surrounded by huge collection of entities, all saying "Pay attention to ME!" It's easy to see how it can absorb hours of time. I'm afraid I cheated a little and streamlined my learning process by asking my daughter to help me figure things out. She agreed to be my guide as long as I promised not to friend her. Actually, the mechanics were pretty easy to figure out, but she has provided lots of etiquette help and navigation assistance.