Birthdays - Facebook style
I've been overwhelmed today - and extremely flattered - by the number of "happy birthday" wall posts; however, for me it begs the question: what ever happened to cards and phone calls?
I blog, twitter, etc. but I still consider myself to appreciate some of the old-fashioned things in life: giving a gentleman one's phone number on a piece of paper vs entering it into your mobile, a manhattan instead of a cosmo. I feel that there's something to be said about a friend singing a slightly-out-of-tune "happy birthday" to your voicemail, or the pleasure of opening up an envelope to see what kind of unique, fun or pretty card the sender picked - just for you!
But, alas, what once were mainstays of affectionate communication have become almost a sort of indulgence. The exception to the norm. Perhaps I'll twitter about it.
→ "Twitter Can Make You Immoral"
→ "Kids & Twitter and the Emotion Costs"
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