A Double Dose! BOTB Results for "Betcha By Golly Wow" and Question of the Month

Our battles take place twice a month: on the 1st and 15th.
 The results come six days later: on the 7th and 21st. That's 
when I return, total all of the votes, including mine 
(if necessary), and announce the winner. 

This music blogging event first introduced by our friends 

and I'd like to give them a heartfelt "thank you":

Fae @ Far Away Eyes 
Stephen T. McCarthy presents... 

Don't forget to visit the peeps (many of which do much, much better at BOTB):

ANGELS BARK

BOOK LOVER

CHERDO ON THE FLIPSIDE

CURIOUS AS A CATHY

DCRELIEF - BATTLE OF THE BANDS 

FAR AWAY SERIES 
HOLLI'S HOOTS & HOLLERS
J.A.SCOTT
JINGLE JANGLE JUNGLE

MIKE'S RAMBLINGS
NOVEL BREWS
QUIET LAUGHTER 

STMcC PRESENTS BATTLE OF THE BANDS

THE DOG LADY'S DEN

THE SOUND OF ONE HAND TYPING 

TOSSING IT OUT

JANIE JUNEBUG RIGHTING AND EDITING

YOUR DAILY DOSE


Now on to part 2!

Michael D'Agostino of A Life Examined (that sweet thunder from down under) started this blog hop with these words:

"Your readers would like to know a little more about you. Show them who you are by taking part in the Question of the Month bloghop. On the first Monday of each month, we answer the question that gets posted here. Sign up on the list (on Michael's site) to join the fun ;) With every question, remember that the important part is explaining your answer. And please, if you have any suggestions for new questions, share them in the comments section. I bet you've got some great ideas for us."

This month's question is: 

What one social convention would you like to get rid of?

A social convention is defined as "those arbitrary rules and norms governing the countless behaviors all of us engage in every day without necessarily thinking about them."

My personal pet peeves surround the new social conventions of social media sites - particularly Facebook. Must I accept your friend request? I'd love to see that obligation disappear.

Unknown friend-requestor from my past and present life, I'm sure you're a wonderful person, whether male or female or gender neutral. I recognize your name when you request that I "friend" you and sometimes, I genuinely think "hey, I wonder what has happened to him/her since we played on the playground in 1968.

The thing about the requests is this: is my acceptance of our "friendship" on Facebook of any value at all IF we never spend time together or interact in any way otherwise? 

I'll even give a thumbs up for online friendships where I find a genuine fondness for what a person does or their character. Our "Question of the Month" host, Michael D'Agostino, is a perfect example! He is fun, industrious, kind, and active in a ton of things. We have done some projects together online and I'm pretty willing to call him a friend in spite of the fact that I don't stomp the grounds of Adelaide, Australia. 

But, I'm not a numbers girl. It does nothing for me to just have a ton of Facebook friends who are friends, in reality. 

And recognizing my name isn't enough of a reason for me to to have a constant update of your cat's cute face or toddler's tantrum of the week in my news feed. 

Call me evil but I'd rather say I'm a realist. If someone could give that social convention a boot, I'd be so grateful. Particularly if you can do it before I tick someone else off...

Visit my blog hop co-horts and read something far more insightful!  :-)