Tag Archives: Facebook
Bottomless skit
As a native of Washington, D.C., I have always thought the nation’s capital could take some lessons from New York City. Fashion. Taxicab regulation. Pizza. Liverwurst on rye. Unfortunately, it seems that, several years ago, Washington took a tradition from … Continue reading
Button Button
This might seem a little trivial, but I thought I’d get your thoughts, especially from readers who might be Internet savvy. Which I thought I was, until a recent phenomenon. To make a long story longer, about three years ago … Continue reading
Royal flair
Some headlines are just too good not to re-post: Queen joins Facebook, but you can’t be her friend or poke her (UK Metro) The Socialite Network: UK’s Queen joins Facebook (Associated Press, London) Queen Elizabeth on Facebook, not looking for … Continue reading
Autumnal agida
I gather that, regardless of our individual political leanings, most of us are glad to have Election Day behind us. This has been a stressful time for our nation and its citizens as we’ve nearly wrestled each other to the … Continue reading
H’lo? H’lo?
Everybody’s talking. They’re saying that nobody’s talking. In the past week, there’s been some news and commentary about shifts in the ways people communicate. Many are giving up their land line phones in favor of cell phones and some aren’t … Continue reading
Filed under Family and Friends, News, Technology and Social Media
They is wrong
According to the Fake AP Stylebook’s April 21 Facebook post: “Avoid using masculine pronouns in sentences where the subject’s gender is not specified. Broads find it offensive.” What this broad finds offensive is the subject/pronoun disagreement that often occurs as … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish
Why I love Facebook
Let me say upfront that I have some gripes about Facebook. Just when this old dog is comfortable with functions and features, some so-called upgrade happens and she has to learn new tricks. I resent that Wordscraper players I know have gotten … Continue reading
Filed under Family and Friends, Technology and Social Media
