Off the beaten trail (again)....

A dead drum, Delaware Bay.

Facebook is immortal.
Twitter is immortal.
I am not.

David Knuffke asked a simple question on Facebook recently. Is the benefit of a tool worth its cost? The question has been asked before, and humanfolk have dived into its implications for, well, literally thousands of years.

Ancient Greek phoilosopher? David Knuffke?

But not this time. The AP Bio FB group circled the wagons, defending their group without considering the question.

And then I knew it was time to go....

You want to share thoughts, drop me a line.

If not, that's fine, too.

Veni, tweeti, vacate

"Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now."

Twitter's own words

• Twitter is a wonderful way to send blips of information to lots of people.
• Twitter is a fabulous way to share tips on teaching, on brewing, and even on clamming.
• Twitter is a spectacular way to feel like your part of something important, even as you sit alone on your living room while the tide rises less than a mile away.

The downside?

• You have to edit you "tweets" down to 140 characters or less, a problem for those of us with logorrhea.
• We are mortal, and the tide cares for life in general, not for you in particular.
• The universe is a bucketload more interesting than humans alone.
  

I'm a bigger twit than I gave myself credit for. Life's too short. I'm done tweeting.