What will future Archaeologists think of us?

I'm not a huge fan of Facebook.  It seems to have gotten a little out of hand lately in my opinion.  In fact the last bit that irked me was a friend that would "tag" my wife and I at places that we were at together.  I was swift to change my privacy settings to disallow that. I think that it's truly no business of anyone else to know where I am at or who I am with unless I explicitly want them to know.  Broadcasting it to the world is a little over the top.

I once thought facebook was a nice way to keep in contact with distant acquaintances.  It has seemed to morph into something entirely different though.

Here we are, we tweet our short thoughts, and paste so many pictures and status updates on facebook.  What does it stem from I wonder?  Is it our need to feel accepted, to show everyone we are doing well, and compare our long lists of facebook friends?  Is it our self grandeur that makes us think every thought must be shared, like it is some great pearl of wisdom that everyone must see?

Here is a random picture of my dog!

Of course, I say all this while I type my thoughts on this blog and post random pictures of my pet.  I'm guilty of the very acts to which I am complaining about.  I'd like to think this blog is more for myself rather than anyone else, but I can't deny glee I might feel if any of my posts generated any type of conversation.  So it goes to show, I am not above the fray.

How will humans of the future see us?  Will they rise above it?  I bet one day we will wake up and realize that we can enjoy more of life if we don't stop to chronicle it.  I hope one day my grandchildren will find this blog, and gain some insights to where we went wrong.

Brief Update on Myself

So I created this blog long ago in February of 2006.  I titled it Reinventing the Wheel.  It was a very appropriate title, as I was making a lot of life changes at the time.  I did not know it at the time though, so it was sort of coincidence that I named the blog in such a way.

Now in hindsight I can fully appreciate the title, as I in essence reinvented myself. Case in point. (see picture)

I lost over 80 pounds, and put on about 15 pounds of good muscle, at least that's what I hope the 15 pounds consists of.  I run on average of 24 miles a week, and am signed up to become a certified fitness class instructor.

Six years ago, I would have never believed I was capable of any of that. I think this is one of my proudest personal accomplishments. It took a lot of will power, and was a good challenge.  In the end, I added years to my life.

So to bring everyone up to speed on the other changes.

• Lost weight.
• Got fit.
• Earned my MBA
• Changed jobs several times, and am successfully working for a national health care data company.
• Got married to a wonderful woman.
• Bought a house.
• Rescued a cat and bought a dog.

That's not in any particular order, but for 6 years time I think it is a nice list of accomplishments.

So that's it for today's posting.  I hope to post some more musings about life, the universe, and everything.  Maybe if I'm lucky some friends will come and comment, but in the end I think this blog is more for me than for others.  Not to discourage anyone from posting if you do do come across it!

Lookie what I found

Holy Cow!

It's amazing what you find lurking from YEARS ago.  I forgot all about this blog, and was actually looking to start a new one.  Now that I've found this one from 6 years ago, I think it's high time to actually start using it.

More to come!