Tags: musings
Lemmings, Mass Movements and Facebook
by patndoris on Jul.18, 2009, under Musings
I read an interesting quote recently about why people either embrace or abstain from Facebook. In my typical, and often convoluted way - it reminded me of lemmings, of mass movements and social hysteria - breeding not uniqueness, but instead, reducing us… more »
Is Reality Really Real?
by patndoris on Feb.06, 2009, under Musings, Al-Anon/Recovery, Science?
Well golly sergeant! (Sorry Gomer Pyle flashback.) How's that for some serious alliteration in a post title? Now, stop asking yourself if I'm going to say Shazam! and let's get back to this most interesting dichotomous (yes - I did look that up and I do… more »
Updating the Archives
by patndoris on Dec.24, 2008, under Musings, My Philosophy
I don't really see the point in having old blog posts hanging around for years upon years...collecting virtual dust, entombed in the sarcophagus of my sidebar archives. Mummified entries are just Yankee Doodle Dandy, but only if tomb raiders haven't stol… more »
Immortal Internet?
by patndoris on Dec.16, 2008, under Websites, Musings
If you're like me, you think of the internet as more or less immortal. It's this great invisible being (like the supercomputer Deep Thought in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that churns on thinking for 7-1/2 million years) that exist forever, and it's… more »
Why Can't I Leave Well Enough Alone?
by patndoris on Nov.27, 2008, under Musings
To those of you who had problems with my blog today - my deepest apologies. I don't know why when something works well, I still feel the need to try and fiddle with it. The result today was five hours of frantic hair pulling for me, and some annoyances t… more »
Where has Common Sense Gone?
by patndoris on Nov.23, 2008, under Musings
Common sense is not so common. ~Voltaire Common sense, just what is it? According to Merriam-Webster it is the "sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts." Now we as humans, the top of the food cha… more »
Where Has IM Etiquette Gone?
by patndoris on Apr.08, 2008, under My Philosophy
Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but my mama raised me with manners. I've noticed an alarming lack of manners with a lot of IM contacts lately.
It starts with the request for an add. I make my Yahoo Messenger address available in a couple of forums and her… more »
Ah...The Words I've Been Waiting to Hear...
by patndoris on Mar.05, 2008, under Musings
Now that got your attention didn't it?! Who? What? Who said what to her? Well, I suppose it's not quite that exciting...but the techno geek part of me just melted when I heard the words.
As some of you know, my 13 year old male offspring is so not tec… more »
XML Feeds
Irfanview