How many friends have you got on Facebook? Part 1

Does it really matter how many friends I have on Facebook? I realised something was not quite right when I got to the big 100. I felt relaxed now that I had a respectable amount of friends. Then I felt stupid for thinking like that. I also noticed that some people wanted to be my friends, but they didn't really. Could it be that people were using me to get their numbers up? How many is acceptable? 20, 30, 50, 100, 500? Why does it matter? Do we need to be popular? One thing we do is comparison. We pick that person who is quite like us to see how many friends they have or someone we aspire to be like. But what if they have more friends than us?

Maybe one of the problems with Facebook is the use of the word friend. It is being diluted.

Beat the Credit Crunch

It seems someone in Lurgan has worked out how to beat the credit crunch. I saw a sign that said you can do this simply by booking any tanning course and get 50% extra free!
Now, I am not an expert on things economic, but how exactly does this help? Why hasn't Gordon Brown annouced emergency measures to hand out free tanning vouchers to people?
The other things that I can't figure is what the 50% is. Is it 50% darker tan? Does the 50% equate to a small friend or maybe a child?

My advice is don't pay out for tanning sessions. Be happy with the pale white as opposed to the unnatural orange!

LG - Life is Good

LG are one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers and they have this 'life is good' strap-line. It seems more than a little strange that an Electronics company would tell me that life is good.

Why is life good?

Because LG tell me it is?

Because the stuff they sell makes life good?

Becasue electronics are good?



Since when did electronic equipment determine whether life is good or not? How sad would it be if the goodness of life depended on whether or not I owned a flat screen TV or a DVD player or a fridge freezer? Are LG even trying to say that the goodness of life is enhanced by their stuff?



I have nothing against LG. In fact I think they make some good and reasonably priced things, but I do have a problem with them perpetuating the myth that having stuff and the goodness of life are interlinked.



Try telling someone who is depressed that LG says life is good. That will help them!



Goodness comes from many things, love, family, friends, community. Being out in the fresh air and enjoying the beauty of creation.

When we know that life is good it is not dependent on stuff.

Victoria Square - Catherdral of Commerce

Thousands of people flock to Victoria Square in search of an uplifting experience, seeking to feel the buzz, out to gain satisfaction from getting a bargain, stopping to wonder at this new creation with its fancy lights and wonderful dome.
It is a shopping centre.
The only one who fulfils, fills, creates an ever lasting buzz, who is worthy of our time and energy and worship is Jesus.
We will not find peace in Victoria Square. By all means go there, I have nothing against shopping, but it epitomises what is wrong with the world. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why we need Victoria Square, why we need more stuff? Maybe its becasue we are trying to fill a need in our lives that was designed to be met by God, not the cathedral of commerce??