A blog a day keeps the crazy away

or at least so Im told.

Im guessing that releasing all this pent up aggression will be good for me so I dont go on a killing spree or something crazy like that. Running down the high street with a machete is sooo last year. I am kidding of course, running down the high street with a samuari sword is so last year.

I do now and again look at other blogs here (and other sites of course. Dont wanna play favourites) Not that Im checking up on the competition, I just like to see what the world is talking about. I persoanlly try to stay away from anything that is too personal to me. I dont wanna be stalker fodder (again) and unless a current event has really pissed me off then I stay away from those too. I guess you could say Im an all round ranter.

One thing I did notice here however is just how personal some people are on here. I see hundreds  of pictures of them, their families on vacations and the like... in their street, babys first steps, Johnny's first birthday party. Erm why dont you just put your address and your bank details on your blog too, make it real easy for the weirdos of the world to find ya and break into your house or steal your identity or worse??

Is it just me?? Is my paranoia so out of control that Im the only one seeing a problem with this?

I wont give Facebook too many props, I may have a Facebook account but Im not its biggest fan, far from it even but its a good way to keep in touch and you get some control over who sees your personal pictures (at least til something better comes along and replaces FB. Nothing would please me more quite frankly coz Zuckerberg has a lot to answer for) You can guard against the perverts and criminals to a certain extent on there (well once youre told that Facebook has changed the fucking security settings AGAIN) Here and other blogging sites, well,  its open, its a free for all, you are waving pictures of your children and family in the face of the world and shouting "hey, over here!"

We live in very scary times. Not a day goes by without hearing about some kid going to meet someone that they met online thinking its another kid but actually its some 40 year old weirdo. Hell, just the other day a kid was stabbed at a party by a gatecrasher. The party was advertised on Facebook and after tags and responding to invites every man and his dog knew about it and where it was.

Its just too easy for the animals in the world to target people when they open their world to them. You wouldnt give a complete stranger in the street a picture of your family would you? So what do you think youre doing when you post them in an open forum?

Protect what is precious.