Brushy Creek Lake Park flooding

This is the creek that runs behind our house. Brushy Creek lake is about a mile away. We had at least 15 inches of rain due to Tropical Storm Hermine.

Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options - Graphic - NYTimes.com

Want a good picture of why Facebook privacy has become more complicated?

Go to:

Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options - Graphic - NYTimes.com

And look at the diagram.  You have to navigate through 50 settings, and more than 170 options.

Facebook's privacy statement contains more words than the Constitution of the US.

ReclaimPrivacy Bookmarklet Rates Your Facebook Exposure Levels - Privacy - Lifehacker

As I mentioned last week, I have quit Facebook. I actually find that I miss it, but I'm not willing to reactivate my profile. However, I realize that not everyone feels as strongly about Facebook's privacy stance as I do. So, if you must use Facebook, please use the ReclaimPrivacy Bookmarklet. This bookmarklet analyzes how much information Facebook is sharing about you to the Internet. The link below is to a lifehacker.com post about ReclaimPrivacy.

ReclaimPrivacy Bookmarklet Rates Your Facebook Exposure Levels - Privacy - Lifehacker

Or, you can be like me, and just say no to facebook... ;-)

This is why I'm not on facebook anymore.

If you follow the link below, you will go to a webpage on consumerist.com that shows how you can protect your privacy while using facebook and other websites that participate in the "Facebook Instant Personalization Program." If you aren't aware of the program, the "Facebook Instant Personalization Program" discloses your information to their partners so that it can automatically personalize their page to you. It also allows other webpages to show you what your facebook friends are looking at on their webpages. The hoops you have to jump through to turn off this new "feature" are not trivial. If you want to turn the feature off, please follow the instructions in the link below. Or, better yet, join me and just disconnect yourself from facebook. Follow the second link below to permanently delete your facebook account.

Al Franken Teaches You About Critical Facebook Privacy Settings - The Consumerist

How to Permanently Delete a Facebook Account

Friday humor: This is why I live in Texas.

This is why I live in central Texas. It never gets cold enough down here for this to happen.

Shutting Off The Water Fail - FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Funny Pictures and Funny Videos of Owned, Pwned and Fail Moments

Betty White in a Bikini, wielding a flaming chainsaw, while riding John Ritter as a centaur...

Just in case your Monday wasn't surreal enough.  Portland Mecury looks like a alternative press type of newspaper, but this is just bizarre....

Wil Wheaton wearing a Wil Wheaton shirt wearing a Wil Wheaton shirt...

Thanks to the guys at critical-hits.com.  I had to show this recursive T-shirt awesomeness.