Carry on my wayward son,
For there’ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Now don’t you cry no more….Kansas
We have to carry on in all parts of life as we all struggle with one thing or another. As we conclude that struggle we hopefully will find peace where our hearts as well as our heads will find rest. Let’s hope we won’t cry in the process. Carry on good people, carry on!
The word confused is a blend of con and fused which is kind of strange to me. As things become increasingly complicated its easy to get confused. Keeping things straight in our minds is a challenge these days. I get confused by the stuff going on in my head too. Being confused is easy if you don’t have things organized and thought out. I hope none of you is dazed along with being confused.
Independence Day, is annually celebrated on 15 August as a national holiday in India commemorating the nation’s independence from the British Empire on 15 August 1947… From Wikipedia
To all my Indian friends and fellow bloggers I hope you will enjoy the day. Celebrate and remember those who made it possible. I am grateful for our connections and friendship. May your freedoms always be renewed in mind, body and spirit as well as political.
I went to my first Weird Al Yankovic concert a few weeks ago and his latest CD is “Mandatory Fun” This is a picture of the video screen that he used to provide clips of his career where he was having fun and to inspire his audience to have fun too.
On Facebook we all have friends who post news clips and other posts from dodgy sources. A website with a strange name that just looks made up, more times than not those sites are clickbait that feature content of a sensational headlines. Usually they are meant to generate online advertising revenue. We have all fallen for those headlines that make us want to find out more because of an article that we find interesting. However, it can be frustrating when you visit those sites only to be disappointed by the content and also the massive amount of ads and further clickbait articles that takes you down a deeper hole. Be careful about where you click.
My philosophy is simple when posting news and other articles on my blog and on Facebook. If its a brand name like CBS, CNN, ABC, BBC, ITV, Huffington Post, The Independent, Buzz Feed, USA Today and the like I will share it. Anything that sounds just made up then you won’t see it from me. I will share articles from satire sites like The Onion or The Babylon Bee (a Christian satire site similar to the Onion). My site will feature shared links, video, embedded Tweets and other media. It’s important to vary the type of content I share.
In a world where we are so inundated with information you have to be careful. Reliable sources with a heritage of sharing accurate information is what you will find here. I owe it to you my fellow bloggers that if I am sharing the news and current events of the day that you can believe it. Clickbait is a nuisance and it can lead to someone being grossly misinformed. Use sites like Snopes and do a Google search to see if what you are looking at is indeed a true story.
Before you share an article, check its source. Some things are too good to be true and you might be padding someone’s advertising budget.
Today I deleted two Tumblr blogs where I chronicled and curated the things in my life that are important to me. I was there from 2011 to 2015 and I created thousands of posts there. I am a sentimental person so this was a bittersweet thing for me. Sure I could have kept them around but it felt like the right thing to do. The smaller your digital footprint the better according to experts. Importing them to WordPress made the process an easier one. The more I use WordPress.com the more I like it. Friends I am glad to be among you and thank you for accepting me in this incredibly creative community.
You can check out those posts @ The Tumblr Years of Tony Burgess where you can learn more about my blogging past.
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