I ... can't ... keep ... up

Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo, hotmail, gmail, yelp .... HELP.

There're too many socializing I'm doing these days, that like my messy house, I need to start cutting back on collecting stuff.

I know the day would come that I will be giving up one of these, and myspace is it.

Some of my friends have defected long ago. Blogger has been the drawing power to Karen, Gen V, Jeremy, Amber. It's time I make the move too.

I think you guys will like it. We are able to link to each other's blogs, and more importantly, stay connected to each other's lives.

I don't think I'll be as illustrious as Jeremy to be posting digests in myspace. For one, I don't roam the Web enough to cull interesting bits of news. Secondly, I'm not as diligent in my blogging. So I hope my loyal friends who want to continue to be filled in on my sometimes exciting life to continue giving me your feedback in http://thenewllow.blogspot.com/
I'll be checking in every once in a while, but I'll be phasing myself out and cancelling my account before long.

See you in blogger.

In the interest of knowledge ...

I tried to resist, thought I fought the good fight but I lost. I’m sadly another registered number in the Facebook network.

I put off friends’ invitation with the valid reason I don’t need another site to login to and update.

Like M, the reason I joined was in the interest of learning more of the everchanging or everadapting internet. There’s just no escaping it.

So, see you there.

Internet creeps

I thought I'd make a little extra by offering piano lessons at my place. So I posted on Craigslist. And this is what I got back:

Hello.....

Am Mrs Howard Rose. I am from U.K my son is coming
for an holiday in your area, He's name is Daniel is 14
years old and so i don't want her to be less busy in
the time of the day. i have decide to let he attending
your lesson , so he will be coming 1 hour in a day
(10am to 11am) in the morning or time that you will be
chance. so i want you to calculate the cost of 1 hour
per day for Monday, Wednesday & Friday for the whole 1
Month and send me the total cost , i will be paying
you with cashier check ,so get back to me with your
cost for the August to September. I have someone that
will always drive him down to your house.

Kindly get back to me with......

1.YOUR CHARGE FOR AN HOUR....

2.TOTAL CHARGES FOR 1 MONTH THAT HE WILL BE TAUGHT 3
TIMES PER WEEK..

3.FULL NAME AND ADDRESS WITH ZIP CODE....

4.YOUR PHONE NUMBER...

Don't hesitate to e-mail with your total charges.

Thanks and looking to hearing from you soon.

With Best Regards

Mrs Howard Rose

Sounds all normal, right, although that needs serious editing. Really, English people (that is, if you're really English or a mom or ....), what's up?

But the creepy part is this: her e-mail address "slavegirl22@notableserver.com"

Suffice to say, I returned the e-mail saying I'm pulling my service and promptly took down the posting from craigslist.

I don't think I'm being presumptuous in thinking there's something fishy about a mom with an e-mail id like slavegirl22. But I like to think when we pick our ids in this e-world, our choice reflects our personality. I could jokingly create mailorderbride12, but what's the first impression it's gonna get?

So, there we have it, phishing, scammers.

And this incident causes another pause. Growing up, practically everyone takes music lessons from a neighbor, or friend of a friend etc. These days, it's a scary idea to be hosting anything, anything, in your own home for fear of undesirables.

This is what our world is coming to.
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