Ah, facebook. hmmm. Okay I gave facebook a shot. Maybe I'm crazy but I don't really get it. It seems like a place to prove you know a lot of people. The unfortunate thing is, the people I know well and like a lot aren't really out there. (Well, some...) Is the only goal to that site to get a long list of friends? Is that real? I'm thinking come to my house, sit and have a drink. Let's have a long chat about everything and that's what a friend is. I'm just not too sure about these photographs that hang out in cyberland talking about what we're all doing right now. Especially since everyone is doing the same thing, really. They're typing stupid stuff on their computer.

Enough about facebook.

Just a little blurb about Christmas. It's definitely commercial but I think that's okay. If you watch "A Charlie Brown Christmas" they were worried about commercialism in the late 60's. I find it comforting that we're still worrying about it. My niece doesn't want any gifts. She didn't want to participate in an exchange. She's very green. She's a young adult without kids so I think her stand makes sense. But I'm thinking that the gift giving thing might be good for the economy. What's good and bad is a very fine line. Is it okay that I received piles of presents when I was a kid but now since it's my kid's turn I can go all green and refuse to participate? Seems mean spirited.

I do wish we could find a way to do away with all the packaging and wrappings. This is where the real waste is.