Learning of Dowser's death, today, jerked me back to some sort of "reality." By that, I mean that I have pretty much avoided "social media" since dumping Facebook over a year ago. More than that, however, I should probably explain that I have another "excuse." That excuse is that I have been busy and extremely preoccupied with health concerns, both my own and my partner's, a dear soul you knew...

Well, today I did something I didn't think I'd have the nerve to do: I deactivated my Facebook account. What made me do it, instead of allowing the full year to pass before re-thinking it, was all the pop-ups telling me who had posted what to where... they popped up while I was in email, while I was on a different web site, while I was playing freakin' Solitaire, for Pete's sake! There was no...

Well... I'm almost recovered from one of the worst "common" colds I have ever had.  It is truly the nastiest thing this side of pneumonia, which, fortunately, I actually didn't have! A friend in Denver says that just about everyone she knows has this bug, while I know of no one here, besides me and RV, who got it. The worst of the symptoms are the sore throat at the beginning, followed by the...

Well, today I finally did what I never thought I would do: I deleted my Newsvine account. There is no more "bitemore" on Newsvine. Shortly after I sent it into the vast reaches of Cyberspace, I looked at an article by someone I respect (I refrain from using names here), who had a very good article on what was wrong with the Vine, and who mentioned that now comments were restricted in length (a...

It's almost funny, if it weren't so sad. But, since 10:28 last night (EST), I count 24 new members here on NewsTalkers... the vast majority of whom I recognize from the Vine. Quite possibly all of them are Vine refugees - and I predict that we'll be seeing more and more and more. Newsvine is, to put it bluntly, a disaster. What makes it so frustrating is that it doesn't matter what anyone...