Editors needed

As a would-be writer who has had a few things published, I am not always appreciative of editors. I like that they correct grammar or spelling mistakes that i don't catch. However, they also feel qualified to delete entire sentences that they think are superfluous or don't fit the tome of the publication. Delete my breathless prose will you? They're cultural Philistines.

However, I can think of one place that an editor would help: Facebook photo pages. People, just because you took 40 pictures of you and your friends at a party or the beach or a baseball game does not mean that you have to post each and every one of them. Especially when 20 of them are of the same people in the same basic pose. A few samples will satisfy even the most narcissistic subject in the photos.

The satirical on-line publication, The Onion, ran this story today: Police Slog Through 40,000 Insipid Party Pics To Find Cause Of Dorm Fire. The "story" led with: "The fire was ruled an accident after a tedious review of thousands of digital photos documenting every second of the five hour party."

That's how I feel after viewing some photo pages. Let's make a deal. I'll promise to look at your photo pages when you post them if you promise to self-edit and not publish every single picture you took. Deal?