Hooked again....Family Feud this time

Those stupid game applications on Facebook are annoying. In the fall of 2009, I found myself hooked on Cafe World. After making it through the winter vacation where I cooked, served and single-handedly captured first place in the world of computer cafes, I went cold turkey. I swore off games on Facebook...that is until this past Christmas vacation when I started playing Family Feud.

Now my family has a weak spot for this game. We've been playing it on the computer for several years. However, we eventually tire of it until someone remembers we have it downloaded and we start up again.

But at Christmastime, Scott was playing Family Feud on his computer only it wasn't the downloadable game. It was Family Feud on Facebook. So you can compete against your friends.

Pretty soon, I was playing, Derek was playing and Belinda was playing.

Then they got tired of it. Then it was just me playing...on my profile, Scott's profile, Derek's profile and Belinda's profile.

That's right. I'm keeping up my end of the bargain by playing at least eight games of Family Feud every day. This has been cutting into my hours of watching Fox News or reading the political news on The Hill and Politico.

You start on Monday morning with everybody's score the same - zero. And by Sunday night, one of the four Van Dykes has consistently been the winner. That's because one of us is always moving to a higher level sometime during the week and getting a bunch of bonus games to play. Belinda, for instance, got eight bonus games this morning. Although, she probably doesn't know it because she doesn't actually play.

So I must have been playing Family Feud most of the morning. As it stands now, Belinda is in the lead, followed by Derek, then me and then Scott. However, in actuality, they are all me.

I seem to have an addict personality...especially when it comes to Facebook game applications.

So once again, I'm going to have to swear off Family Feud on Facebook, just as I did Cafe World.

I'm sort of the Charlie Sheen of Facebook games. "Yeah, I could live without Family Feud, but life would be boring."

Well, actually, no...life would probably be more interesting if I wasn't playing so much Family Feud. I might have more time to blog. Or write my speech for the upcoming Toastmasters contest.

So, I'm laying it on the line. I'm giving up Family Feud. Now if only Charlie Sheen could give up cocaine and porno stars.

By the time this blog is published, my addiction will be over. However, it was fun while it lasted...two months. My head is now full of useless trivia that I learned by answering questions that all began the same way: "We asked 100 people what dogs do in public that humans would be embarrassed to do."

In case you don't play Family Feud, the top answer is "Pee on a tree."