A friend recently had a falling out of sorts with social media and deleted his FB and Instagram accounts. I think it may be his third time to do so over the past fifteen or so years. Can’t say for sure what brought him to once again take such a drastic course of action. Why, if it hadn’t been for another friend informing me about it, I probably would never have known that he’d quit. The thing is, while I post a lot—a helluva lot for purposes of self-promotion, as a sounding board for articles I’m writing and in the pursuit of my various hobbies—I confess that I seldom check what others are posting. It’s not that I’m a narcissistic boob. It’s just that I don’t really have the time.
Anyways, file this next bit under "Famous Last Words".
A friend was cleaning out his mail box, virtual mail box that is, when he came upon this twenty-year-old e-mail from a mutual friend or ours (i.e. the guy who just dumped his SNS accounts). It really cracked me up, considering that "Bud" today is one of the most active persons I know on Facebook. Let this be a reminder that we should never say "never".
Hi, y'all!
Just a note to say hi and to tell you that I will soon be giving up this e-mail address (and its provider for a cheaper one). I do not log onto the Internet much anymore. Info overload, I guess. Plus, I feel like I have seen everything that is worth seeing there in cyberspace. I will be soon be getting a new e-mail address in place of this one. Yeah. I doubt I will be giving that address out to people, though. Who needs more than one address? I surely don't.
I hope you all are in fine spirits and are healthy. Enjoy the rest of December and the holiday/party season, and the coming of Y2K. That should be fun.
Cheers,
Bud
I give Bud about six-to-ten months before he signs back up.