Facebook is spreading lies about my love life

I recently came to the realisation that to be too open about your life on Facebook is a potential mistake.

Yes, you may only add people you know you to your friends list, but you never know what that old school friend may have turned into or what intentions a friend of a friend may have for you. With this in mind, I changed my Religious Views to ‘Thou shalt now share too many personal details on Facebook’ and removed all my other profile information.

Removing my relationship status, caused Facebook to send out a newsfeed item to all my friends declaring ‘Sarah is no longer listed as single’, accompanied by a candy-pink heart. In the week following this announcement, four people said ‘So, tell me about your new man’. I had to disappointment them and tell them that it was all just gossip spread by an over-enthusiastic Facebook.

Terry Wogan - Douze Points

Ok, time for something a little more light-hearted after my last post.

I watched the Eurovision Song Contest at the weekend. Last year I watched it in Madrid and my English friends and I noticed it really lacked something without the sarcastic comments of Terry Wogan.

This year I watched it in London with five Greek friends. The Greeks thoroughly appreciated Terry's wit and said it made it all the more enjoyable. In Greece (as in most other countries, it seems) Eurovision is taken ever so seriously.

Perhaps some less-enlighted European neighbours wouldn't appreciate a cheeky commentary quite so much. To them it may be sacrilage - perhaps similar to the way we would feel at having someone make smart-ass quips over the top of World Cup Matches.

Sound advice from a geezer with a beard

This afternoon, BBC News 24 placed the story of British 3 year old missing in Portugal above the news that 30 people were killed in a car bomb in Iraq. "Rewards totalling £2.5m have been offered to anyone who can help with information leading to her safe return" (BBC News Online).

Does this mean that the disappearance of one British girl is of greater significance than the death of 30 Iraqis? Does it mean that the death of Iraqis is now such a common occurence that it no longer qualifies as news?

If you check out the excellent new track Thou Shalt Always Kill by Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip, you'll hear the lyrics warn you that "Thou shalt give equal worth to tragedies that occur in non-english speaking countries as to those that occur in english speaking countries".

Sound advice.

Something Close to Nothing

"I was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before."
Prince, Rasberry Beret

And I welcome you to this blog with a quote from the musical legend that is Prince. 'Something close to nothing' is more or less what I waste most of my time online doing. I love loitering around the internet and starting a blog is another excellent excuse to be here.

Becoming a blogger is idea I've entertained for a while because I love the internet and I love committing my thoughts to writing. I'm not expecting very many people to read this, that's not why I'm doing it, but it will hopefully give me a sense of satisfaction to know that my thoughts are out there.

Here are my plans for the blog:
-- to air my views on internet trends, current affairs and the media
-- to not labour over my posts for too long (just keep them coming thick and fast)
-- to post regularly and not lose interest

Let's do it.