One of the many perks of having your own blog is that it gives you something to do when you are lying awake at 3:30 AM.  What you have to be careful of is that you could type just about anything. So remember this as/if you make your way through this post.

So, just a few random thoughts about a few random things…

Television: The Andy Griffith Show continues to be the standard by which all shows are measured.  I’m sure I’ll get plenty of disagreement with that; but anyone who truly appreciates the chemistry and downhome aura of that show knows exactly what I’m talking about.  Who wouldn’t want to call Mayberry home? Without fail, that show leaves me with a mix of emotions. Happy because of its warmth and a little sad that those times are long gone.  It takes me back to some of the best years of my life.  Thank God for reruns.

Music: Three words… 5Th Dimension Radio. If you have the Pandora app on your phone or television check this station out. If you’re a child of the 70s (my junior high and high school days) you’ll appreciate this lite rock station.  Give it a listen.

Facebook: I wonder if Mark Zuckerberg and the other co-founders of this platform had any idea when they launched Facebook.  On one side, what a great networking medium.  I mean, where else can I see what a friend of a friend is having for lunch? On the other side, the filtering aspects of social media are terrifying.  The idea of controlled and biased messaging causes distrust. So I’ll just continue to not take Facebook very seriously and just treat it as a way to chat with friends every now and then. (Just checked to see who was on-line… sadly no one I’d like to message with at 4:21 AM.)

That’s probably good for now. I’m off to the gym for a workout – which I hate.