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Social Media.  It’s changed our lives, forever.  From teenagers to senior-citizens, indie bands to mainstream news channels, social media is a permanent fabric in our society now.

How has it impacted you?  Are you a “Social Media Junkie”?  Take this test to find out!

Social Media Junkie Test:

1.  Give yourself 5 points for each of the following profiles you own:
Twitter
Facebook
MySpace
YouTube
Vimeo

2.  Now, if you have MULTIPLE accounts at any of the above (ie. multiple twitter IDs) that you control, add an extra point for each EXTRA account.

(example:  if I have @fmckinnon on Twitter, that’s 5 points, but I also have @mckinnonoutdoors, so that’s an extra point, etc.)
(facebook:  I have my personal profile, but also a fan page – that’s a total of 6 points for Facebook)

3.  If you have an account with PeopleString, SUBTRACT 20 points.  (sorry, I just had to!)

4.  Give yourself (10) additional points for every 1,000 Twitter Followers you have.  Round UP.
(so if you have 2026 Twitter, followers that would be 30 points)

5.  If you have updated your Facebook Profile today (prior to reading this), give yourself another 10 points.

6.  If you have “tweeted” today (prior to reading this), give yourself another 10 points.

7.  If your last Facebook OR Twitter update was within the last 1-Hour of reading this, give yourself another 10 points.

8.  If you have not updated your Facebook Status or Twitter Status in the last 24 hours, subtract 20 points.

9.  If you have ever checked your email, twitter feed, or social media status while sitting on the toilet, give yourself a pat on the back, and add 25 points to your score.

10.  If you are on a date with your spouse or partner and pull out your phone to check your social media streams (twitter, facebook, etc) while your date has gone to the restroom … look in the mirror, shake your head in amazement, and add another 25 points to your score.

11.  If you go to bed with your laptop within reaching distance, add another 25 points.

12.  If you have ever “tweeted” back and forth with your spouse or best friend, while sitting in the same house, at the same time … add another 25 points to your score.

13.  If your blog is hosted on blogger.com or blogspot.com, take 25 points away from your score.  (sorry, I’m a WordPress fanatic, and this is my test, so I can create the curve).

14.  If you have NEVER been accused of “being online too much”, subtract 25 points.

15.  If you’ve never used a RSS reader (bloglines, GoogleReader, etc)., subtract 10 points.

How did you do?

If you scored over 100 points:  Social Media Junkie … get a life!
If you scored between 75-99 points:  Your a Saavy Social Media guru, dangerously teetering on being an addicted Junkie!  Be careful!
If you scored between 25-74 points:  Your not as old-fashioned as you look.  Keep it up, young grasshopper.
If you scored less than 25 points:  Time to fish or cut bait.
If you have a negative score:  There’s really no hope for you.  Sorry.

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So my friend Carlos Whittaker (@loswhit on twitter, ragamuffinsoul.com on the blog) and his family have gone “viral” … I just watched him on the CBS Morning Show.  It’s so funny how a simple video can become an instant phenomenon!  Of course, ‘Los and Heather are always blogging, tweeting, and capturing their family on video, so this is one of thousands that “caught on”.  It’s the kids singing along to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”.

The video is of their adopted son, Losiah … well … you’ll just have to see it.  Carlos did an awesome job on CBS bringing adoption to the forefront.

Kudos, Whittakers!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9eL3ejXmE[/youtube]

Every now and then you get a random text from a phone number that is not in your phone … and you wonder … who is this?

Here’s a HILARIOUS text exchange I got yesterday:

Incoming:  “I don’t feel like being at work today everybody got attitude around here I will go off on them today if they come at me da wrong way – TRUSTING GOD”

Me:  Ummmmm … who is this?

Incoming:  “Sorry I sent it to da wrong number it was 230 my bad – TRUSTING GOD”  (my prefix is 223)

Me:  NP, I can trust God with ya! 

Incoming:  “Thanks – TRUSTING GOD”

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HAHAHA!

Our Associate Tech Director, Chris Moncus … he’s the guy who makes our bulletin, e-bulletin, and prints master CDs for me to make the podcast, etc.  More times than not, I go back to him the week after asking for him to send me all of that stuff.  Then, he usually forwards it to me from the “Sent Mail” folder where he ALREADY DID THAT.

So, today I sent him this contract.

I do hereby confirm receipt of:
* Feb 28 bulletin
* Feb 28 master CD

If I should email you asking for these again next week, you hereby have the irrevocable right thereto by which you may call me a slacking idiot with no further retribution, cause, or consequence from said parties hereto.

Signed:
Fred McKinnon

OK, so this is just plain fun.  I can’t do as well as I’d like because I find myself wanting to watch the folks playing the bells instead.

(thanks to @chrismoncus for passing this one along via Twitter)

Merry Christmas!