RateMDs.com

Finally, a site where people are talking about their health professionals. After having been read the riot act by my Mom on Mother's Day to go get a physical, I stumbled upon RateMDs.com while searching for my doctor's contact info. After moving to Oakville a few years ago, my wife and I got a referral to a doctor who was accepting new patients but so far we aren't all that impressed. The "reviewers" on this website agree with us. It also gave me leads on other doctors who were reviewed more favourably, but sadly, after looking them up on the CPSO website, I learned the good ones aren't taking any new patients. Go figure. Both of these tools are great nonetheless if you're "shopping" for health care in Ontario.

Facebook Fridays

If you haven't figured out I'm a geek yet, this is either your first visit to my blog, or I'm sorry, you're just not very observant. Either way, this post should clue you in. Every Saturday morning, I wake up (usually to the sound of a hungry crying baby) and reach for my BlackBerry (right before I go rescue the aforementioned crying baby of course).

For the last couple of months my inbox on a Saturday morning has had at least 1, usually 2 or 3 "friend requests" from Facebook. A couple of weeks is a coincidence - a couple of months is a trend. I'm not talking about the obvious "Facebook is growing in popularity" trend but I'm identifying the "Friday night is Facebook night" trend. Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just my geeky friends that are building their social networks on Friday nights? The sharpest of my readers will note that most of my blog entries, this one included, were also posted on a Friday night. SO, maybe it's not just about Facebook. When did we all start spending our Friday nights in front of the warm glow of a computer monitor? I thought Friday nights were supposed to be for relaxing, unwinding, socializing, having drinks, dancing, etc. I knew real human interaction was being replaced with virtual interaction when the guy beside me at work starting sending me email and IM instead of turning around and engaging in a verbal conversation. Now it's taking over our personal lives too?! This really getting out of hand! What's next? Second Life Saturdays?