public meanness

"public meanness"... I heard this ascribed to YouTube and Facebook today and it just fit. I've said many times that for some, Facebook is a forum for being mean/snide/hateful without having to physically face the object(s) of their vehemence. It has seemingly become okay to attack persons/groups in the name of a "I refuse to be politically correct" stance. Political correctness is one thing, common courtesy and fairness are another.

But social media has its merits too; uniting people in a common goal - relief efforts for natural disasters, overthowing a corrupt government and disseminating news quickly are all worthy by-products. And it feels good sometimes to get things off your chest, but we have this notion that our words go out into cber-space and somehow disperse into thin air. They don't. And they can't be taken back.

“When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson." ~ Will Rogers

Perseverance in less than 420 characters...

I tried to post something on Facebook today, but it exceeded the maximum number of characters allowed for a status update. It's not important, but then what on Facebook is? Some people post about every move they make. Some post outrageous, provocative ramblings. And some never post or comment, they only 'Like' other people's stuff.

So... what was so important? Well, I had struggled with a problem and it seemed that I wasn't going to get a resolution. I hate to give up; it's both a blessing and a curse. When my hard drive failed last month, I had to reinstall everything. I had been using a Photoshop Plugin from Topaz Labs for a couple of years and it was one of my faves. However, after the hardware failure, I lost a ton of emails - one of them being the license key for this product. I'd searched everywhere for it for nearly two days. This particular product has been replaced by two new products; which, if all else failed, I could purchase those and have the same capabilities - but... :( So, I sent an email to Topaz Labs and they re-sent the license key. Yay!!!

Moral of the story... keep the licensing information in a safe place.

What does the above photo have to do with this? It won a couple of contests and was processed using the PS filter that I now have back in my toolbox. :)