Diving in ...

Nothing quite like feeling as though you're talking to yourself in an empty room, but here goes. Between the seminars I've sat through this week -- the week of my (first) furlough from Gannettland -- and the reading I've been doing about social media, it seems like it's high time to dive in to this sort of thing.

I guess what I'm wondering about most these days is how thousands of journalists across the country are going to figure out what to do with their lives and their skills as the industry continues to crumble before our eyes. Hence, the foray into social media realms. I've always been of the mind that things will work out for the best because, mostly, they have for me. So do I carry that feeling into journalism's new horizons or do I start looking for a door? Probably most smart journalists are doing a good bit of both these days.

And yet, in the midst of all this, all I can seem to think about is the MSU men's and women's basketball teams playing in the Sweet 16 this weekend. ADD or adept mental multitasking? All I know is I look forward to a whole lot of screaming in the next two days. Happy screaming, that is.