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Richard Noggin Sends a Selfie
I’m not sure what he thinks he’s gonna get, but I have a few suggestions…
Who among us doesn’t make the time to take a selfie or two? They’re fun. We smile or vogue and pose to show off all our best qualities. Parties, special occasions, vacations, or chance encounters with a bestie, selfies capture those special moments.
And that’s why we share them.
I can’t wait to get my morning selfies. When we want to know what all our friends have been doing, selfies are like a personal news feed. See how much fun we’re having with a concert stage behind us? Communing with nature grounds me — can you see the trees over my shoulder? You get what I’m saying, other people’s fun can be your fun too.
And then there’s Richard Noggin.
Most Richard Noggin selfies don’t include his face. And when they do, the expression is something akin to the awkward high school yearbook picture of that guy with the unfortunate haircut. You know the one voted “most likely to brush up against you in the hallway.”
Richard Noggin’s selfies are of a kind all their own. His is not a mission to share his friendships, nor even is it to make friends as much as to make a connection. But what kind of connection?
