I haven’t seen how Facebook is useful yet, but am trying to figure out why others do. Here’s an unedited stream (except for removing one oft-repeated message, noted in my comments, which are all in square brackets. Oh, and I just realized that I drift into all caps when I start getting stabby). There will be a quiz at the end.
The Wall:
a) a relative I’ve never met: astrology forecasts
b) a cousin: making friends all over the place
c) FOAF 1: Something to do with virtual farming
b) … taking many polls
d) married with kids mom 1: daughter’s soccer team’s scores
e) married (to d) with kids: ditto: daughter’s soccer team’s scores
b) … cleaning is boring
e) FOAF 2: treatise on an economist’s idiocy
e) … please rate my treatise by voting
f) husband of a friend: Bedazzled score
c) … something to do with virtual scavenger hunt
g) married with kids mom 2: Something to do with virtual farming
g) … Something else to do with virtual farming
b) … astrology something or other
e) … some existential mental masturbation
h) friend (single female): something endorsing manly men
h) … Tesla Motors will be an investment opportunity
c) … something to do with easter eggs
c) … something else to do with easter eggs
c) … something else to do with virtual farming
c) … more of the same
g) … frickin’ easter egg status
b) … lonely because hubby’s just gone to Afghanistan
a) … more astrology
b) … exhausted
a) … please adopt this virtual fish
g) … more GODDAMN EASTER EGGS
a) … MORE GODDAMN ASTROLOGY
c) … GET OUT OF THAT DAMN VIRTUAL FARM
f) … preparing for big presentation
a) … astrology
i) total babe wife of a friend: link to cool NASA video
a) … astrology … astrology … astrology … not going to repeat this one any more
e) … strutting over perceived intellectual superiority
a) … passing on cutesy folksy sayings
a) … warning about evil random friend requests
a) … virtual baby seal something or other
a) … virtual aquarium something or other
a) … virtual humanitarian volunteer work [?]
a) … good news about the success of my virtual cafe
f) … yahoo … hit a big score on Bejeweled
e) … conservatives are the antichrist
e) … bankers are poopyheads [but phrased eloquently]
d) … blankity blank hubby (e) gave me his sore throat
e) … daughter’s soccer team’s scores
e) … daughter’s soccer team’s scores, with one additional detail
f) … ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND points in Bejeweled!
j) FOAF 3: Go Saints!
f) … just gave an on-line class on giving presentations [okay; the presentation he was preparing was to, apparently, help people overcome their fear of public speaking by taking this on-line class in which they do not in any way do anything in front of living people]
f) … quotes from some psalms
f) … more quotes from some psalms
k) friend of 31 years: BTW James Taylor concert
f) … quotes from the bible
k) … publicizing a volunteer group related to education funding
l) (d)'s father: saw Avatar in 2D. no, 3D. no, 2D. [misspelled ‘nauseated’]
The Quiz:
Which one is an ass?
(e) FOAF 2, but you could be forgiven if you chose (f)
Which one is bringing $0 in to support his three kids, with his wife working, and having rent paid by his wife’s parents?
(f) hubby of friend. Howzabout you get a job instead of playing Bejewelled? Oh, and your on-line class in public speaking may not actually prepare people for public speaking. Is there a reason you don’t give this class in front of people?
Which one is on permanent disability?
(a) relative. I’m saddened.
Which ones have way too much time on their hands?
a, b, c, f, g. And me, this Sunday morning.
Hey! I hit a button instead of the apostrophe and just learned that you can’t edit thread titles!