Not “kewel”

Facebook has done it again!
Another trick supposed to make us smile and utter “kewel.”
I use Facebook to pass along grammar-questions to various authorities I know.
One is always monitoring his Facebook; I can get an immediate answer.
So I blasted him with the following question: “year-around” or “year-round?”
He answered right away, from Virginia.
“Year-round,” he said. “Although you can also ask Frisch (‘Frish’).”
“Frisch” was an editor at the Messenger newspaper while I was there.
Now he works at the Gannett (“Guh-NETT”) newspaper in Rochester, NY.
He’s a good friend, and I rely on him.
That first guy, Paul Long, worked at the Messenger too. Unlike Paul, Kevin is not on his ‘pyooter all the time. Paul is.
With Kevin I might have to wait all day for an answer.
So I copied my question to Paul, and pasted it on Kevin’s Facebook.
My paste still had Paul’s name, so I wrote “Kevin” over it.
All-of-a-sudden a listing of all the “Kevins” on Facebook appeared under my wall-post. Kevin Spacey, Kevin Bacon, etc.
“Kevin Frisch” was the leader.
I hit “enter,” and it auto-filled “Kevin Frisch” instead of just “Kevin.”
Why thank you, Facebook; you just made my wall-post overly formal.
I tried to edit down, but it did it again.
Um, Suckerberg, do you have any idea what your programmers are up to?
They’re shoving me this-way-and-that — turning my wall-posts into something I don’t want.
Kevin is a good friend, not “Kevin Frisch.”
Well, he is, but I don’t like Facebook taking over.
Not kewel, Facebook.
As anyone who follows this here blog knows, Facebook and I have a tortured relationship.
I put up with it because many of my real friends (as opposed to “Facebook friends”) use Facebook.
But I rarely look at it.
And it seems every time I do, I hafta figure out a new Facebook interface. It’s what I hate about it most.
Them Facebook programmers can’t leave well-enough alone.
It’s as if rolling out a new Facebook interface signifies techno-savvy.
And I’m no longer getting invites from Linked-In.
Did they finally give up?
I sensed Suckerberg in the background.

• The “Messenger” is the Canandaigua Daily-Messenger newspaper, from where I retired over seven years ago. Best job I ever had — I worked there almost 10 years (over 11 if you count my time as a post-stroke unpaid intern [I had a stroke October 26, 1993, from which I recovered fairly well]). (“Canandaigua” [“cannan-DAY-gwuh”] is a small city nearby where I live in Western NY. The city is also within a rural town called “Canandaigua.” The name is Indian, and means “Chosen Spot.” —It’s about 14 miles away.)
• “‘Pyooter” is computer.
• “Suckerberg” is of course Mark Zuckerberg, founder and head-honcho of Facebook.