Goodbye 04-05-05

Many people may choose not to be on my announcement list
because they don't want to give up their e-mail address or
other "personal" information. My pet name for these type
people are "lurkers".

I
don't blame these individuals for being a "lurker"
especially if they don't know me. In many cases, giving up
your e-mail address... even to get access to free
information... will mean you will be subject to an endless
barrage of e-mails.

I,
personally, rue the day I signed up for "Classmates.com". I
get so many messages from them telling me about new high
school classmates I will be able to learn about (if I pay
money to join their site)... that sometimes, it seems to
me... they are promising to provide me with information
about more classmates than actually attended my high school.

Another site I gave up my e-mail address to was
"DoubleYourDating.com". I get almost daily messages from
that website. Actually, they are well written and
informative. I would bet whoever owns that site makes a good
profit with it. But, I was only curious. I really don't want
to learn how to "double my dating" because I am in a 100%
monogamous relationship and happy with it.

One point I'm trying to make here is, there is so much
information coming at all of us (especially through
television and the Internet) that I, personally, don't want
any more information. Even if it's good or great
information. My information cup runneth over. It has spilled
unto other cups. I cannot deal with one more drop of
information.

It's like someone serving you a 97-course meal, where each
course is more delicious than the previous one. But you get
to the point where you don't want the next ultra-delicious
course because it's going to take you days to digest the
37-courses you've already eaten.