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Of all the forms of social media out there, Facebook remains my favorite medium.<\/p>\n

I’ve told you already about my desire to wean myself of Facebook. Alas, I’m not likely to be able to do it. The forum allows me to stay in touch with friends and to become acquainted with “friends” with whom I have some connection through Facebook.<\/p>\n

This particular social medium does give me plenty of giggles, though.<\/p>\n

They occur when I post something either on my own timeline, such as my blog — which is distributed automatically on Facebook — or when I comment on a comment offered by someone else.<\/p>\n

A fellow I know here in Amarillo, for example, said something disparaging this evening about President Barack Obama. I made a response. He responded back to me. Then others joined in. Indeed, as I write this blog\u00a0entry,\u00a0the crowd of respondents is growing by the minute. It’s becoming a bit of a free-for-all out there.<\/p>\n

I responded to a couple of my friend’s Facebook friends, who then took me to task for my own political leanings.<\/p>\n

Off they went. Back and forth. Commenting on this and\/or that. It never ends.<\/p>\n

That’s generally when I bow out. I leave it to others to argue the points until they run out of energy, out of time, out of things to say or when their loved ones tell them it’s time to run some errands.<\/p>\n

I end up shaking my head. I do giggle at times. I also try to get into some of these folks’ skulls. I wonder: Are they trying to change others’ minds, or are they just messing each other? Or with me? Or themselves?<\/p>\n

I’ve noted already in this blog that I usually don’t have the stamina to keep sniping at others. It ain’t my style. I like to put my thoughts out there and then let others talk among themselves. Oh, I’ll mix it up, but I pick my battles carefully — although I don’t really consider it a battle.<\/p>\n

I’m still having fun with this blog and with my involvement with Facebook. Many times my critics keep me humble, which was something I reminded myself of back when I was a full-time journalist.<\/p>\n

In this new era of social media, the critics these days quite often keep me amused.<\/p>\n

Thanks for the laughs.<\/p>\n\n

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