0128 my facebook challenge - hour 234

I ran into a friend and he asked, “Is it true that you’re taking a 30-day self-imposed break from Facebook?”

I told him it was true, and will end on February 17th. He just smiled. I asked him why he was smiling.

He asked, “Did you plan it that way?” I asked him to explain.

He said, “February 17th? Isn’t that the scheduled change to DTV?”

DTV is the change in television signals from analog to digital. You see warnings about it on every TV station. I told him that it was true.

He said, “So when we see the broadcast DTV countdown, we are also seeing the countdown of your return to Facebook?”

I never thought about that. What a coincidence! But he was still smiling, so I asked him why.

He said, “Because of the economy and the Federal coupon program going broke, the government is considering pushing back the deadline by four months. Does that mean you will consider pushing back your return to Facebook four months?”

I told him I’d let him know when the first 30 days is completed.

Troublemaker.