"From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station"

One word has entered our venacular as of late, and it drives me bonkers. "Creeping." Not creeping in the sense that I am a burglar, trying to stealthily enter your home without your express written permission. Creeping in the sense of someone "violating one's privacy" by looking through one's Facebook profile. Really? Privacy? On Facebook?
Let's examine what Facebook is. It is a website, wherein we store personal information; information that can be entertaining and condemning all at once. We can post pictures, connect with old friends, avoid old friends... The Facebook possibilities are endless. However, we need to remember that it us a PUBLIC website. You are not jotting your thoughts down in your Lisa Frank journal. You aren't storing your pictures in a Swiss Bank account. You are putting them online for all of your "friends" to see.
When people accuse someone of "creeping", they are generally insinuating that said creeper is violating their privacy by looking and commenting on their posts, pictures or links. If you don't want someone to look at your stuff, WHY ARE YOU PUTTING IT OUT THERE?!?! By adding someone as your friend, you are giving them access to your information. If Jaquan looks through his friend Shonquivette's pictures, THAT ISN'T CREEPING. However, if Jaquan looked through Shonquivette's attractive sister Yuinique's pictures, with whom he is not friends, THAT would be creeping.
Is it annoying if someone comments on a status you posted during W.'s administration? Yes. Annoying but not creeping. I understand, there are people who spend WAY too much time on Facebook, but if you are friends with someone, don't get offended when they comment on every one of your pictures. If you don't want to be friends with someone, DON'T ADD THEM AS A FRIEND. When creepy cousin Mel wants to be your friend, say no. You have that power.

Random thought for the day: I think Super Bowl Sunday should be declared a national holiday. People already get together; there is food; you can't wait to get away from creepy cousin Mel... It already has that feel. Come on Congress, one little pen stroke... Oh wait. I forgot. You're too busy proving to the entire world that your preening "I'll show them!" partisanship can bring the world's foremost democracy (Republic actually. We aren't a democracy, despite people's delusions to the contrary) to a screeching halt.