General Orders No. 5

I'm thinking that some folks out there are going to be soon challenged to a duel. At the urging of my girlfriend, Karri, we joined Facebook together. Within 12-hours of being a member I saw photographs of people I haven't seen in 20 years, was openly mocked on my "Wall" about the image from the VHS collection I posted to represent me, and realized that I have more virtual friends than real ones.

All joking aside, social networking seems like it could have significant benefits to the Virginia Historical Society. By collecting virtual friends, the VHS can instantly communicate with a number of people and, through them, a whole host of other people. Considering the limited resources for advertising and the short time it takes to update a profile page with new information, the exposure on-line that the VHS could receive seems like it would multiply in cyberspace and reach a good many people. Plus, it's FREE. That is unless you can't get the person in charge of updating the profile to stop looking for old boy/girlfriends and schoolmates.

Now... time to 'poke' someone...

General Orders No. 4

I spent a bit of time last week reviewing all of the "For Fun" websites... For someone who likes own books (reading them is kind of an afterthought). I really liked the potential of LibraryThing as a way for people to discuss books in a virtual environment. For quite some time now I've been reading books in a bit of a void... you know how it is. You read the book, you get to the end, you make an assessment about whether you liked it or not, and then the book goes back on the shelf and you really don't think about it again.

I also learned that according to Generator Land...

THA NOTORIOUS NOODLE is my Gangsta name, HECTOR THE GOON is my Mafia name, MORNINGPOLLEN WINDVOICE is my Hippy name. If I were a Greek God I would be URANONO, God of Neutering and Frequent Urination. If I were an American Indian I would be SNUGGLES MUD of the Plattbego Tribe. If I were a Star Wars character I would be ANDTA RABOS Vokcaravan of Walatin.

Best of all though was a video I saw on one of the websites that led me to a literal version of the Aha! video for "Take on Me." Too funny... here's the link for those of you who remember pop culture in the 80s. You can watch it if you click here.

Lastly, I have decided that I don't want my cell phone to call me to tell me to bring things home. That's why I bought myself a girlfriend.


A.H. Talkov
Brigadier General Commanding