IPhoto...trouble with a capital I

I have had more trouble with iPhoto than any other program I have had the pleasure of using. When I first got my Mac over a year ago it went onto my external hard drive and took every photo I had on a 1T drive and filled up my internal drive by putting the photos into the library.
I finally deleted all of the library so I could use my computer.
Then I finally used it a couple times to give it a second chance. As I was using it with a few photos it populated My Photos in My Books by Blurb.com. I had to go in a delete the library again because it would not let me delete them from the book photo selections.
I have finally decided to never use it again since I have Adobe Bridge that is better for organizing and viewing my photos. I think iPhoto is an evil program.

So, you came here to tell us that you couldn't figure out how to use iPhoto?
Regards
TD

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