Tips for Surviving an Internet Era Thanksgiving

Here is a list of the top ten things to keep in mind during Thanksgiving, especially if you are an online addict:

1. Nobody will not take kindly to your tweeting on your iPhone or Blackberry at the table.
2. Sure Aunt Bertha always loves to tell her crazy stories about being a radical in the ’60s but get her to sign a release before you post them on YouTube.
3. Your blog will not miss you if you don’t post to it for two days.
4. Your pastor does not think it’s funny when you ask why God is not on Facebook.
5. Your spouse does not like it when you’re tweeting during the football game, unless you’re bringing chips and dip in the other hand.
6. Sure, you love to tell your favorite story about the blogger you had a brief, yet highly vitriolic flame war with over trackback links and how they work, but honestly don’t you think telling it for three years in a row after your third glass of wine is enough?
7. Don’t drink and tweet.
8. Don’t drink and blog.
9. Don’t drink and drive.
10. Enjoy a day with real people, try to take a walk outside and feel real grass on your feet and be in bright sunlight. You won’t melt, I promise.

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1. Internet “Metering”

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