Today is November 18th. It also happens to be my father's 79th birthday.... so I'll be giving him a video chat later today to wish him well.
It has been just over a half year since I've updated my blog here on my personal website. My apologies, but I still wonder if anyone goes out to websites and reads blog posts in this day and age? Or specifically, do I still have friends, family, or anyone else out there that visits here?
Honestly, I feel like I'm talking to myself just a bit as I do not ever get responses or feedback for what I write or post here on my website(s). I've pulled back on social media this year and took a break for a few months from Facebook after the U.S. Presidential election and Trump's inauguration.
I've watched some recent videos on YouTube about social media disengagement. It isn't like the old days several decades ago when the Internet was brand new and exciting. Lots of burn out. With the political divide, lots of online distancing, too. I think in my Facebook feed (once I returned), I see posts and have exchanges with only about two dozen of the "usual" people. Now, my Facebook feed is 95% ads or just click bait junk to keep me scrolling. I left Twitter over a year ago due to it becoming Elon Musk's "X" and a cesspool. I have no regrets there of leaving. Honestly, I don't think I would miss Facebook if it ever imploded or if I do decide to leave it.
I'm rambling now.
For now, I am going to gather my thoughts. I will give a life update soon on here. I also will have some new material to release with THRILL SEEKER COMICS and my public-domain Popeye series called SEA SHANTY FUNNIES.
Until then... be well.
Scott
