I’m writing this weeks column from the naughty step as it seems I owe you all an apology. Those of you with a sensitive disposition look away now,  apparently I’ve been posting up adult content of an excessively sexual, suggestive and provocative nature…..oo- er feed me to the lions.  You’re probably asking “Where’s this content?”  well  go on….ask……

You see, I often advertise this Column on Facebook along with the logo I designed, yes that one, with the fuel gage and the lips and I’ve had  no problem…. up to now that is. Last week I received an email from Facebook to say my Ad would not be approved as it had violated their policies concerning “Adult Content” of an explicit nature. I stared at the email with blank expression…yes that one.

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They’d also sent a link with guidelines and example pics of what they deemed “Adult content” including the fact you’re not allowed to focus on any one part of the body…huh?  Oh and there were two photos of a half-naked man and woman. Back to my logo, Whilst not the sharpest tool in the box, having spent 15 minutes twisting my head at various angles in an attempt to spot the offending bit, I emailed back asking if they could be more specific and they responded by saying my logo violates their Ad policy by showing too much cleavage, skin , nudity, blah blah blah and they had a problem with my lips.

…What? Those lips? …yes, those ones. They also added that I should not be posting the offending image on any of my Facebook profiles either.

I replied, firstly by suggesting that they head down to Spec Savers, followed by the fact that I use the logo every week for this column at a family friendly newspaper and that the lips with tongue sticking out were purely to represent someone with a quirky nature that likes talking and that any sexual connotations hadn’t even crossed my mind,  but obviously had theirs, which surely says more about them than it does about me? Unsurprisingly enough they stopped communicating. If I was to write about the hypocrisy of Facebooks policies we would still be sitting here next week and I’m sure you didn’t bring enough chocolate bourbons for that compendium?  But Facebook aren’t the only crazies when it comes to bans, here are 25 weird ones from around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N0SFCpbFJU

In ME news this week, are there any quizzers out there who’d like to take part in an online Picture Quiz for a good cause ? If so then head to  https://www.justgiving.com/Spring-Picture-Quiz-2015   Geoff Allen & Jane hurst who both suffer with the condition have set up the spring quiz for a bit of fun while raising funds for Invest In ME’s  biomedical research fund, it only costs £2 to enter and you don’t have to be Stephen Hawkings to play, which is just as well if I’m taking part. But if you click on the link you can find out all about it.

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I’ve also been sprucing up my music website including the section on ME so if you fancy having a perusal of “Life With ME in 20” head over to: http://mamachill.moonfruit.com/me/4575371444 and you can even bag yourselves a Free & radio friendly MP3 download of awareness track “I Can’t Stand The Rain” .

Now when it comes to men, a lot of them are secret shower singers and I know this because they tell me, not because I have a penchant for standing outside strangers bathrooms just in case you were wondering?  So what with fathers day  (Hallo Dad) coming up I found this fab gadget, a Bluetooth silicone speaker with suction so dads across the country  can slap it on the bathroom wall & sing whilst showering to their hearts content. It’s available from http://www.prezzybox.com/

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Last but not least, if you’ve never checked out Watfords Raw Vibes radio show on Vibe 107.6 presented by the fun & infectious  Nia Visser then you don’t know what you’ve been missing. I have discovered a whole heap of  whizz bang, Chebubba bands and artists thanks to this show…. Its got a cool, credible underground vibe with fans tuning in from as far as the USA for a piece of the local action. So get locked down and locked in Sunday night 7pm-9pm or listen online http://www.vibe1076.co.uk/

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