What Does Egypt Tell us About Social Networking?

How many 'event' invitations do you get every week on Facebook? I get about 2 or 3 that I could actually attend and then countless more that are inventions of the Facebook junkies which have thousands of people attending (but not really). I'm not going to start to harp on about the wonders of Facebook because I think that we are all fairly well versed in that particular area but the 'event' function has become a huge part of our lives. So when I heard that a large majority of the political protestors in Egypt were informed about the protests by such an 'invitation', I wasn't far from surprised - not that it doesn't worry me.

Try Living for Now and Not the Weekend

How many times have you felt like this?: It's Sunday night and you've had a good weekend with your friends. Maybe you went out for a drink or 10 with your mates or maybe you spent a nice weekend in the house family or someone close. However, no matter how much we try and fight it, it's Monday tomorrow which means going back to university, college or work and you start to hate Sundays all over again. It rolls into Monday morning with an early start and the feeling that you are stuck to your bed - you have to get up though because that's what we have to do on weekdays. You say your hello's when you see you're friends for the first time since Saturday night and you are immediately hit with the awesome news: you're going out again at the weekend. It's someone's birthday (not that you even know them) and you've been asked by a friend of a friend - of course you'll go! And then it happens. My least favourite words in the world at the start of the week: 'I can't wait until the weekend!'. Is your life really that bad that Monday to Thursday can now race past? All you are going to be thinking about this week now is where you are going and who is going to be there. Is that hot girl or guy going as well? What should I wear? How am I getting home? All I want to ask in return is what you are having for lunch today.

Simple Hearts, Simple Minds

I was home at the weekend for the second time this year and went out 'on the town' there for the first time for a while. Needless to say that I had a good night: familiar faces, voices and the dull sights which make home the way it should be. Having said that there were times that I thought to myself: 'you know? I would rather be in Edinburgh just now with a law textbook' and I'm not 100% sure why. It's not that I don't love spending time with everyone from back home but there is something different about things now - a slight emptiness. It even felt like that when I was in the house as well which says everything really - it's not the people, it's just the place.

The Truth About Guys

'Men are horrible beasts' I hear them say. In light of recent events I felt it was time to write some nice stuff about us because it might just be about the only positive media that will receive over the next couple of weeks. I'm pretty sure you are all aware of Andy Gray's recent dismissal after his sexist outbursts were flooded over the internet and, for those of you that read Monday's post, you'll be aware that I myself have seen first hand why we often get bad press. I'm not here to name names (although the people that were present already know what I'm talking about) and I'm certainly not going to focus on negative things about guys because there has been enough of that recently. No I'm here to give a positive view on what otherwise is currently viewed as misogynistic, tight-assed sex (yes I'm aware that I just wrote those three words together and for that I can only apologise; it makes perfectly clean sense though).