Da Rules

I have started about 10 blog posts recently, and either deleted them, lost them in a accidental battery depletion (does that make sense?) or just saved them in a word document for a rainy day. All that to say, I haven't had much blog-worthy recently. Just random thoughts that I figured no one really needed to know. Plus I have very few non-Young Life-y pictures to showcase, and ugh, no one enjoys a blog post without pictures. All that to say, here is a non-picture post. I'm sorry. But will bulleted thoughts make up for the lack of eye candy?

I'm a rule follower, always have been, therefore I also like to think of myself as a rule-maker, kind of like a legislator of sorts. This year, I narrowed down my two Rules of Life (apart from the Biblical truths, duh).

• No loitering. Anytime. (ie: always go with intention)
• Be normal
  

I swear, follow those two and you'll be fine. You can fight me on those.

But, I have been mulling around the rules of facebook in my mind for years. So now, I present them to you, comment as you feel led:

• Status updates should be limited to 1) something that will help the cause of mankind or 2) something that will cause general laughter/joy. Nothing else.
  
• General remarks about bodily fluids/hygiene or lack there of should not be shared. That applies to yourself, your patients, students, spouse and even small children. If I wanted to hear about poop, I would have been a plumber.
  
• Never post something on someone's wall that you wouldn't feel comfortable broadcasting over the PA system of your local grocery store. Because it's basically the same thing.
  
• If you have a lot of professional pictures of yourself taken, that is fine, (okay, it's not really) but you should probably limit to 2 albums of headshots. Max. Anything more makes the world question your level of vanity.
  
• Complaints about ones job should be limited to: never appearing on facebook. If you need to complain about your job, call a friend, go to happy hour with your crazy co-workers, write in a diary, go eat ice cream. Don't vent about it on facebook, it's tacky, and I guarantee there is someone out there that is either offended by it, or would LOVE to have a paying job. This takes me to my next rule:
• Don't vent on facebook. It's tacky. The only exception I will allow is if it's over an unfair call in sports or a bad choice on the Bachelor.
  
• Okay this one may hurt. Moms are taking over facebook a little. And I can't think of a thing that remained cool once moms took over. Minivans. Coupons. PTA meetings. Bake sales. Tapered jeans. I'm not saying moms can't be on facebook, I swear. But if you are a mom on facebook, you may need to refer to life rule #2 above, and especially the facebook rules about status updates and bodily fluids more than the average facebook user. Sometimes it worries me how much moms update their status. Don't forget you have children.
  
• This one may also hurt. Believe it or not, if you're engaged there are others things going on in the world apart from your planned day of wedded bliss (unless you're Wills & Kate). I worry about engaged girls going into a facebook depression after their big day, but no worries, status' involving "I have the best husband in the world" replace comments about dress fittings, cake tastings, and crazy Mother-in-Laws. I just threw up in my mouth. Sorry maybe my gag reflect is a bit more sensitive than yours.
• Please continue to flirt on facebook in a public realm, don't resort to messages, because it's so much fun to watch.
  
• If you are a cute, single guy, please don't have any privacy settings, because it's hard for us to get to know you any other way. Seriously.

There are more, but I'm sure I've offended enough. Any you would add/subtract?