Random Reflections on Three Topics
Facebook Facebook is getting ugly. I was just talking to a friend who said he's only been on FB for about a year and he just uses it to wish people well on their special days. I like that. I think my friend is onto to something. In the last couple of weeks, we've become grandparents and a good friend has been diagnosed with lymphoma. "Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn." I like that I can click one of these for my friends: And then there's all the daily Donald Trump posts... Need I say more? Maybe we should start calling Facebook, Hatebook. Politics and Ken Follett I'm currently reading Ken Follett's Edge of Eternity -- it's historical fiction set mostly during the cold war. I'm amazed at the similarity between the political hot button topics of the 1960s and today's. The emotional, strongly held -- sometimes violent -- convictions regarding Civil Rights in the 60s is not much different than how people f