Iowahawk bids goodbye, at least for the time being

Facebook (two links in body of thread) | February 2, 2017 | David Burge

[EveningStar]

Quick note: I have decided to check out from the wonderful world of social media, and this FB will be self-destructing soon. If you want to stay in touch you can ping me at davidburge at comcast dot net. Cheers!

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I've had some folks ask me to elaborate, so here goes...
1. no, nobody paid me the million bucks.
2. no, it had nothing to do with the Sam Wang twitter thing.

Fact is this has been on my to-do list for some time. I've never been paid for anything I've done online, nor have I wanted to. Even if I went balls-out and threw myself into writing full time, I could never hope to make a third of what I make in my boring (yet fulfilling) day job. It's always been a lark, a tertiary hobby for me.

I abandoned the blog largely because the posts were fairly time consuming and Twitter allowed me to drop a quick mini-satire in between real life stuff. Over the last 2 years, though, I found myself questioning why I do any of it in the first place. I don't need the money, so why bother? Answers weren't very reassuring. The only honest answer I can give you is my own narcissism, and addiction to attention/approval.

There's certain high provided by follows, RTs & upthumbs, but in the end it's fleeting and empty. I have a pretty damn kickass real life, and the time I spend on social media subtracts, rather than adds, to it. One kiss from Tammi Jo still beats the hell out of all the retweets in the world.

So basically I've decided to lay off the social media crack for a while and enjoy myself, without the constant need to post about it. I'm keeping my Twitter account, but only for DM communication; observer rather than participant. May go back there at some point, don't know.

As for FB, I'll be nuking this account in a few days. If you're a real-life buddy, who knows, maybe I'll reappear somewhere elsewhere around here on Planet Zuckerberg. <wink>

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[EveningStar]

Please let me know if you want to be added to or removed from the list.

Please ping me to Iowahawk articles. Thanks. :)

[M1903A1]

Too bad, his material was always great fun.

[Tax-chick]

Best wishes to Mr. Burge. He sure is funny when he’s on his game.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Nooooooooo!!!

[Lurkinanloomin]

Everybody needs to abandon Fecebook.

Zuckerface is using the wealth you are generating for him to fund illegal alien advocacy groups to steal your country from you.

[MV=PY]

Too bad. I’ll miss him.

[Stosh]

Come back to FR - puhleassssssse!

[Buttons12]

Quitting FB is a good deed. Maybe we can still look forward to a few words from Tokyo Rosa (the Kennedy maid, who should be with her mistress, packing up to leave Japan).

[Vendome]

Funny. I keep thinking the same thing.

Well, not the Tammy thing but, how much time I spend online...

[Roscoe Karns]

I don’t blame him one bit.

[aragona]

Thank you for your generosity of spirit and mind. Enjoy your private life. Hope you revisit every now and then.

[GOPJ]

Now that Trump's safely in office...

AND most levers of power have been taken from corrupt liberal elites

... the urgency of putting our voices out has decreased.

Iowahawk was there when it mattered. He's earned those sweet kisses from Tammi Jo. Enjoy the journey Iowahawk - come back when you need a break from 'too much wonderful real life'...

[mrsmith]

Now he’ll have time to paricipate on FR again.
Hope he chooses to, anyway.

[piytar]

Always loved your stuff. Will be missed.

[Nita Nupress]

Thank you for all the laughs over the years. You have helped keep us sane.

Best of luck and may God give you many blessings!

[Eagles Field]

Ping me !

[b4me]

biblically, right after a victory would be a time to stay strong and on guard.

[lee martell]

He probably needs a change of routine for a while. Take his nose off the grindstone for a bit. Good idea.
Take a few years off, then let’s talk when 2020 begins to heat up.

[blam]

"Zuckerface is using the wealth you are generating for him to fund illegal alien advocacy groups to steal your country from you."

Exactly!