Too Much Information

Modern technology has improved how we access things and in general it has made our lives a lot easier. But has it? Most people have cellphones most people have computers and of course we all have TV's.

I used to have a cellphone but then people (including my family) would phone me and ask me where I was. Why I would ask. Oh we just wondered. It's not that I was trying to hide things. I just liked never being that available. I gave up my cellphone. I love it.

Every time we do something someone knows what we have done. You go to the store and rent a movie. There's a record. You charge groceries. Everybody knows what you eat. We are constantly being tracked as to our buying habits and of course if you have a cellphone you can be tracked to exactly where you are. Then people use twitter to tell other people what and where they are and what they are thinking. Why?? Are we all desperately seeking attention?

Then you go on the internet and we have Facebook and other sites that track schoolmates. Some people put their whole lives on Facebook. I know I used it a lot. Not anymore. I don't want to be that out there. I have deleted my Facebook account and am in the process of deleting anything else out there that lets people know who I really am although I have been told Facebook stores your info. I know a lot of friends will wonder where my Facebook account has gone. That's okay.

I constantly get phoned with surveys on the telephone. I politely tell them I don't give out information. Why would you? I never fill out contest entry forms as I have found most contests sell your information to telemarketers etc. Then you get inundated for months with phone calls.

I have deleted the pictures I posted of myself on here and in future any pictures will not include my face. A year ago I wrote a post about my daughter who has some problems. At the end I named her. The post is still there but her name is gone.

Why write a blog then if I am so paranoid about privacy? I guess because for the most part I enjoy it. I also enjoy the anonymity of it. I can say what I want and nobody knows who I am. My kids don't even know about this blog.

I really enjoy other peoples blogs and read several every day. Some poker related some not. Some make me laugh, some make me sad. I learn from some posts and disagree with others. That's okay. I don't know these people other than what they write. I hope they keep writing.

To some this post may not make a lot of sense. That's okay it makes sense to me.


Not much on the poker front. Played a live tournament last night and came in 18th out of 40. Played a 4 SNGs yesterday online and only cashed in 1 (2nd). Got my aces cracked with a flopped two pair.

COOP

Aces 4/10