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[GG Morrison]

mizscarlett43, on 03 September 2011 - 09:04 PM, said:

I haven't heard anything, but then I haven't talked with the one friend she and I still had in common in nearly ten years, so that's not surprising.

I'm assuming PK's got a Facebook page these days (I don't) so maybe she's said something there.

You know you want to join, Miz!   

You could make your page about Billy the Kid or something like that, if you like.  

[mizscarlett43]

GG Morrison, on 04 September 2011 - 08:19 PM, said:

You know you want to join, Miz!   

You could make your page about Billy the Kid or something like that, if you like.  

I don't see the point, GG. It's not a message board so you can't talk back and forth the way you do here, and as far as keeping in touch with old friends--well, there're only one or two I have any interest in keeping up with, and I just pick up the telephone and call when I want to do that. OTOH, anyone who wants to find me can just Google my name and they'll see that I can be found here.

I guess if I had a business or a book to flog or something Facebook might make sense, but it just seems like a big waste of time otherwise.

Edited by mizscarlett43, 04 September 2011 - 11:39 PM.

[wolfchild]

mizscarlett43, on 04 September 2011 - 11:17 PM, said:

I don't see the point, GG. It's not a message board so you can't talk back and forth the way you do here, and as far as keeping in touch with old friends--well, there're only one or two I have any interest in keeping up with, and I just pick up the telephone and call when I want to do that. OTOH, anyone who wants to find me can just Google my name and they'll see that I can be found here.

I guess if I had a business or a book to flog or something Facebook might make sense, but it just seems like a big waste of time otherwise.

Hi Miz, thanks for posting Ballroom Days. I'm curious about your Morrison Hotel-letter ...
Ever thought writing a book about this?

Kind regards,
Etienne

[mizscarlett43]

wolfchild, on 05 September 2011 - 10:01 AM, said:

Hi Miz, thanks for posting Ballroom Days. I'm curious about your Morrison Hotel-letter ...
Ever thought writing a book about this?

Kind regards,
Etienne

Hi Etienne,

Kerry and I have yet to do the final edit on BD --he was going to call me a week ago so we could do it, but I haven't heard from him so I'll probably bug him today or tomorrow. Anyway,  the Morrison Hotel letter will be included in the final version as it will appear on the DCM website.

As for writing a book--no, I don't think so. I'd have to pad it out with autobiographical info to make it book length, and I'm not about to do that, nor do I think anyone would be interested if I did.

OTOH, I've forgotten about those print-on-demand deals with Amazon etc. I don't really know how they work, but I suppose at 60+ pages BD is long enough to make a decent softcover, assuming there'd be enough demand to make it worthwhile (which I don't--assume, I mean).

But thanks for your interest!

[GG Morrison]

mizscarlett43, on 04 September 2011 - 11:17 PM, said:

I don't see the point, GG. It's not a message board so you can't talk back and forth the way you do here, and as far as keeping in touch with old friends--well, there're only one or two I have any interest in keeping up with, and I just pick up the telephone and call when I want to do that. OTOH, anyone who wants to find me can just Google my name and they'll see that I can be found here.

I guess if I had a business or a book to flog or something Facebook might make sense, but it just seems like a big waste of time otherwise.

Talking back and forth is the whole thing, Miz.  Plus, through people you already know, you can find more like-minded people you can friend.  And, like I said before, I've kept in touch with lots of my Chicago people and we have lots of laughs.  I've also found former coworkers and other characters that I haven't seen in years and we are talking again.  

[jlo]

GG Morrison, on 05 September 2011 - 03:27 PM, said:

Talking back and forth is the whole thing, Miz.  Plus, through people you already know, you can find more like-minded people you can friend.  And, like I said before, I've kept in touch with lots of my Chicago people and we have lots of laughs.  I've also found former coworkers and other characters that I haven't seen in years and we are talking again.  

you'd be surprised at who you can meet and get to know on facebook. i've met some very nice people there.

[GG Morrison]

jlo, on 06 September 2011 - 01:16 AM, said:

you'd be surprised at who you can meet and get to know on facebook. i've met some very nice people there.

Me too!  

It seems people tend to be better behaved on FB than they are on discussion boards.  When they aren't,
I defriend their ass!  

Edited by GG Morrison, 06 September 2011 - 01:23 AM.

[Dawn Visitation]

I can wonder how people have time for FB, because it is about adding friends and I assume keeping in touch, updating? It seems time-consuming.
What I like about a board is that one is not tied to it as one maybe is to FB because of all the friends.

[mizscarlett43]

jlo, on 06 September 2011 - 01:16 AM, said:

you'd be surprised at who you can meet and get to know on facebook. i've met some very nice people there.

See, this is what I don't get. It's probably a generational thing, but to me "meet and get to know" means face to face, in person. Friends are people you hang out with, go out to eat with, go to concerts/movies/whatever with--you know, DO stuff with.

If you move to another state, as I did back in 1991 for instance, moving from Los Angeles to Albuquerque, you keep in touch via telephone (and the all-too-infrequent visits back and forth).

Finally, I spend way too much time on this infernal machine as it is, using Google or Bing to look stuff up, and keeping up with current events on my favorite political blogs. It's not unusual for me to spend several hours online at a time (especially when the temperature's in the high 90s and my swamp cooler isn't working, as was the case this past summer) but I'm reading and researching mostly. I rarely participate in discussions any more except occasionally on this board.

[GG Morrison]

Like I say, it's just like having lots of pen pals, not thousands like some people, just a few from work, my Beatle friends, my Doors friends mostly.  I couldn't possibly afford a phone call with these people cuz we're scattered all over the world.  All the people where I live are boring--it's a cultural wasteland.  

[mizscarlett43]

GG Morrison, on 08 September 2011 - 07:21 PM, said:

Like I say, it's just like having lots of pen pals, not thousands like some people, just a few from work, my Beatle friends, my Doors friends mostly.  I couldn't possibly afford a phone call with these people cuz we're scattered all over the world.  All the people where I live are boring--it's a cultural wasteland.  

It sounds like quite a few of your cyber/Facebook friends are people you knew or know personally so that's a whole different thing, to me it is anyway.

I wouldn't mind re-establishing contact with some of my old Illinois or L.A. pals, but I don't think any of them are on Facebook either, and if they want to find me it isn't that hard. I Google my name every so often, and all the links lead straight here (or to Ballroom Days*) so anyone who wants to get hold of me can just register here and send me a PM.



*Speaking of which, I've made so many changes/additions to it--and not kept track of them--that I think instead of just copy editing (which we still haven't done) Kerry's going to have to dump what he's already got in HTML and start all over again. He's gonna love that...

[jlo]

mizscarlett43, on 08 September 2011 - 07:11 PM, said:

See, this is what I don't get. It's probably a generational thing, but to me "meet and get to know" means face to face, in person. Friends are people you hang out with, go out to eat with, go to concerts/movies/whatever with--you know, DO stuff with.

If you move to another state, as I did back in 1991 for instance, moving from Los Angeles to Albuquerque, you keep in touch via telephone (and the all-too-infrequent visits back and forth).

Finally, I spend way too much time on this infernal machine as it is, using Google or Bing to look stuff up, and keeping up with current events on my favorite political blogs. It's not unusual for me to spend several hours online at a time (especially when the temperature's in the high 90s and my swamp cooler isn't working, as was the case this past summer) but I'm reading and researching mostly. I rarely participate in discussions any more except occasionally on this board.

i see your point mizscarlett. but i've met people that i would not normally have the opportunity to meet. i agree with gg...it's like having lots of pen pals, and you can write (or share) as much or as little as you want. and, i don't devote much time to it.

although i don't "know" some of the people i've friended, i've gotten to know about them, and in many cases see what interests them. one of my friends has exquisite taste mid century furniture and style. i'd like to have a conversation with her about design.  and, selfishly, i think it would be fun to have a 'conversation' with you on facebook without the obvious distractions.

[GG Morrison]

jlo, on 09 September 2011 - 01:21 AM, said:

i see your point mizscarlett. but i've met people that i would not normally have the opportunity to meet. i agree with gg...it's like having lots of pen pals, and you can write (or share) as much or as little as you want. and, i don't devote much time to it.

although i don't "know" some of the people i've friended, i've gotten to know about them, and in many cases see what interests them. one of my friends has exquisite taste mid century furniture and style. i'd like to have a conversation with her about design.  and, selfishly, i think it would be fun to have a 'conversation' with you on facebook without the obvious distractions.

I love mcm design, too!  

I have Tony Funches on my FB list--it's fun to read about what he's up to these days.  Plus Paul Farrara, who posts some of his wife's beautiful pillow designs and stuff.  Not to mention some of the characters from around here.  

Miz, are the updates to your article accessible from the same link?

[queenhwy]

mizscarlett43, on 03 September 2011 - 09:04 PM, said:

I haven't heard anything, but then I haven't talked with the one friend she and I still had in common in nearly ten years, so that's not surprising.

I'm assuming PK's got a Facebook page these days (I don't) so maybe she's said something there.

I'm a bit behind on checking in.  Yes, she does have a facebook.  But I am not on it, so I cannot see her wall.  I also greatly dislike facebook, call me old fashioned, but I believe in face to face also.  It's just not for me.  She still has her other public sites, and I went back and looked and there was no mention of it.  She was babbling on about a trip to Europe or something.

I guess at this point it is kind of like who cares what she thinks! It is your story and a good one at that!

Edited by queenhwy, 25 September 2011 - 10:49 PM.

[mizscarlett43]

Seeing this thread again has reminded me that I still haven't sent Kerry the revised--since last June-- version of Ballroom Days. I haven't heard a peep out of him since then anyway.

So I'm gonna call him right now and tell him to watch his inbox, 'cause it's on its way--or will be as soon as I read over it again and probably make some more changes (or change it back to the way it was).

In any case I hope we can put it in final form and get it on the DCM website by December 8th.

[*~adrienne~*]

Janet I found a Janet Erwin on facebook and I friended her thinking it was you LOL. It wasn't. Ever think about getting a facebook page? Does Salli?
Also I think Kerry's wife passed away that's why he hasn't been vocal lately.

Edited by *~adrienne~*, 18 April 2012 - 11:17 AM.

[mizscarlett43]

*~adrienne~*, on 18 April 2012 - 11:17 AM, said:

Janet I found a Janet Erwin on facebook and I friended her thinking it was you LOL. It wasn't. Ever think about getting a facebook page? Does Salli?
Also I think Kerry's wife passed away that's why he hasn't been vocal lately.

Hey Adrienne, welcome back! and it's good to see your life is going so well.   

Kerry went ahead and added the old, un-copy-edited version of Ballroom Days to the articles section of the DCM, but it's read-only so one of these days I'll get around to arranging one of those print-on-demand deals with Amazon for the revised and amplified version.

As for Facebook, nope, not a chance. I have zero interest in any of the so-called "social media," and If you check out a politics/current events blog called Cannonfire you'll find other reasons as well:

The Facebook connection. I keep telling everyone: Facebook is not your friend. Facebook = Uncle. And Zuck's monster proves the point once again by supporting CISPA.

Get the hell out of Facebook -- NOW. Today. No excuses; no rationalizations. I don't want to hear any crap about business contacts or keeping up with family members or any of that nonsense.

Facebook is the CIA. That's not a paranoid claim; it's a proven fact. Facebook exists to spy on you. Facebook means lost jobs, lost privacy, and the end of your right to rebel. Facebook does you no good whatsoever.

When you gave Facebook your cell phone number, you gave Uncle the means to track your exact location 24/7 -- information they can use against you, should you ever decide to protest what this government is doing.

[GG Morrison]

mizscarlett43, on 18 April 2012 - 01:42 PM, said:

As for Facebook, nope, not a chance. I have zero interest in any of the so-called "social media," and If you check out a politics/current events blog called Cannonfire you'll find other r
[/i]When you gave Facebook your cell phone number, you gave Uncle the means to track your exact location 24/7 -- information they can use against you, should you ever decide to protest what this government is doing.
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I don't have a cell phone.  

[Just Another Dark Witness]

I thought I was the only one still not on Facebook! I'd never give them my cell phone number. Fuck 'em.

[GG Morrison]

Just Another Dark Witness, on 18 April 2012 - 06:01 PM, said:

I thought I was the only one still not on Facebook! I'd never give them my cell phone number. Fuck 'em.

Well said, Jim Jr.