I'm now on Twitter!

OK, if that first sentence got you excited, you'd better not let me know because I'd probably want to punch you. Maybe I don't quite get it and maybe I have a streak of being antisocial in my personality, but this site and others like Myspace and Facebook seem to be the new champions of the trivial, and apparently the irrelevant is today's latest fashion.

The technology that allows people to quickly contact others around the world is not some website, but the Internet itself. The technology was there, and being used I might add, well before any of the social networking sites came about. These sites seem to cater to the lowest common denominator, though, making it easy for anyone who doesn't have any clue what is going on in the background to post their thoughts for the world to see. It's kind of like a "Talk Out Loud for Dummies" book. Perhaps I can have this view since I learned to create my own website and have full control (and restraint) over what I put forward for others to observe.

I have plenty of friends, good friends I might add, and while I am not forming some exclusive club of them, neither am I desperate to gather throngs of meaningless acquaintances the world over. In the same vein, I believe that those friends don't have much interest in the dinner that I am making or the status of the elastic on my underwear. My wife might have to feign interest in those things, but she'll have to do that when we're together over the course of a day.

I would like anyone who feels differently to explain why by leaving a comment; I would like to be enlightened, if possible. But I still urge of you out there compelled to post your daily thoughts to anyone willing to listen, do so in a manner that embiggens you and not one that makes you come off as a stammering nincompoop.