The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

As long-time readers would know, I've had a long-time love/hate relationship with social media, Facebook in particular. While I absolutely love being able to keep in regular touch with friends and family on the site, there are definitely some times where I want nothing to do with it. Mother's Day is one of the days where I try to stray as far away from Facebook as possible. Is it just me or does it seem like, on Mother's Day, most of the Facebook world is attempting to suggest they're the best kid in the world? - "Look what I did for my mom? I put on these gloves and make it look like I'm going to do some yard-work, but really, I'm about to lift some dumbbells while watching America's Most Wanted . I'm the best kid in the world!" - "I put forth the hard work to take a picture of this great meal my mom cooked, but will refrain from giving her credit, in order to make others think I was the one who did it. So I'm the best kid!" ...

Facebook cracks me up on holidays (not literally, but I do always have lotion with me, just in case), especially birthdays. I mean, sure, it's nice to be told, "Happy Birthday!!!" However, when standing back and thinking about it, it's also kind of strange to be told such things from people I haven't talked to over the phone, let alone seen in the past 10-15 years. It would be incredibly strange to receive phone calls or cards in the mail from these very people wishing me a happy birthday, would it not? In any case, with today being Mother's Day and all, I'm having to chuckle at some of the statuses on the before-mentioned social networking site. I can't tell you how many times I've read the following statuses this morning: "Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there!" "Happy Mother's Day to my mom - the best mom in the world!" With the first status, my immediate thought is, "Who else would we wish a Ha...