I am not a Facebook user.   I made a very conscious decision that, though it might afford me the opportunity to meet more great friends and expand my network, I would rather spend my social networking time creating an informative, and occasionally entertaining (HA HA), blog.   I don’t deny anyone else a guilty pleasure, but I want to take on more activities that are along the lines of purpose, and less that might be good, but distracting.   Besides, because 90% of my classes are online, I spend enough time on the sidelines of family activities while at the computer.  Last night the youngest had another family of 3 girls come for a last-minute sleepover.   They had a movie night on last night, and then went bowling today.   Where was I?   At the hairdresser’s at 6 a.m. getting gorgeous (or at least trying to), and then returning to this computer to complete grades.   The men of the house, the superhero and our son, have been wonderful hostesses (smile).    In the meantime, I’ve read recently that the average time spent on Facebook is around 4 hours per session.   Yeah, like I need another 4 hours on the computer.

At any rate, our son found a couple of articles from World on the Web for his current events notebook.   I found these so neat until I couldn’t help but post them, in his words.

“Facebook Follies Part 1”

Two Australian kids were trapped inside a sewer.   The girls were 10 and 12.   Instead of using their mobile phones to call for help, they used them to post their situation on Facebook.   A friend was online when it happened.   That person called 911 and the girls were found.

“Facebook Follies Part 2”

A 19-year-old teen robbed a house.   His name was Johnathan G. Parker.   He went through drawers and cabinets and found diamond rings.   While he was there, Parker checked his Facebook profile.   But he didn’t log off.   The police found out who he was and arrested him.

Happy social networking to you!