He said he wanted to bring one to me but his wife told him it was too weird. I was like I WANT IT!!!! CAUSE I TOTALLY DO!

I think it is too weird. And I think that YOU are too weird. So CLEARLY this is the right thing to do.

vw, good luck with this, whatever you choose.

Empress - I have no words for the sheer asshattery of this guy.

Laga - nice letter!

www, Fay... I am on Facebook, but I already ranted in the last Natter about how profoundly I don't get it. All those green walls and super pokes and virtual cupcakes and people wanting me to forward some picture of a teddy bear around the world--I'm lame and old and I don't understand any of it. I know there's some sort of Scrabble-y game there, which would be cool, but I don't know where it is or how to find it and Facebook doesn't seem to want to play nicely with Firefox, so mostly I just ignore the whole business.

But, but that doesn't need to be your Facebook experience! 'cause I ignore all these SuperWalls and UberWalls and NoThisIsTheBESTWall nonsense things and stick with just having the common-or-garden wall that people can write messages on if they want to. (I really don't want a place where people can forward me new stupid junkmail.) And I don't do TopFriends/BestFriends/TheseAreMyREALHomies or any of that crap, because I don't like the whole elitist nonsense. And I don't do VirtualCupcakes or Hatching Gifts or whatever, because I can't be bothered. I'm quite picky about which applications I add.

I just have the things I like - like an art gallery of some of my favourite paintings, and a Pirate game where I can sail around and find buried treasure and attack other pirates, and a Firefly trivia game. That sort of thing. And I love being able to post my photos easily, and see other people's photos, and get a glimpse into what's happening with other people whom I don't normally see.

t /sad

Which isn't to say that you must love Facebook! Life is short. But - I feel like this is like Tara saying that she doesn't go online because of all the bad spelling - which I entirely understand and respect, and indeed applaud, but then there are places where people CAN spell, and do care about grammar! And, and I think with Facebook it's similar, inasmuchas there's a lot of annoying rubbish, but you can just eschew the annoying bits and use the bits you like. Um. Or, you know - not. Um.

...somehow the more I write, the more I sound like a dickhead, so I'm going to stop now. Because I do not, in face, work for Facebook, and I'm not REALLY trying to make everyone use it lots. It just sounds that way the more I type. Um. Meanwhile, though (and this is what started me off in the first place, really) those of you who have facebook accounts (including the lovely JZ) can see my ridiculous new shoes here

(Flickr wasn't uploading the picture for some reason.)

Fay hates me. She wants me to sign up for the evil facebook just to see the cute shoes.

I'm pouting now.

Sorry! Sorry - it's just that it uploaded to Facebook easily, and then when I tried to send it to Flickr so I could post a link here it was all 'yeah, I don't THINK so missy!'

But I'll try again, because I'm honestly NOT trying to be like some kind of door-to-door Facebook salesman!

eta

...okay, no, Flickr still giving me no love.

See, THIS is what got me into using Facebook in the first place - I do love its photo storage capacity!

t / Preacher for the First Church of Facebook

aww, it's okay, love -- I meant to be jokey-pouting, but that probably came off way harsher than I intended about your scary cult shiny toy.

Ok, all caught up now.

my kitten keeps leaving baby kitten teeth around the apartment for me like a wacked-out easter egg hunt. They are odd, three pronged like tiaras. He's still eating fine, and his death-breath improves after every lost tooth. Go figure!

Meara: exciting! i do need more social events :)

ION, i am thinking about trying to become a 911 call answerer/dispatcher person. I've got great multi-talking and listening skills and doubt i would ever get bored. Anyone know what the suicide rates are like in that line of work? Just curious ;p Sean- you are the greatest boyfriend EVER and can now use the alone time to do fun things with her computer! Unless it is at the hospital with her. Or sleep.

And anyone bored with facebook should add me (erin nelson) i can totally show you things to keep you occupied.....in a NOT DIRTY way, of course :)

Speaking of the Food Network, I want this book! Alton Brown's Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run.

He was on NPR Last week talking about that. [link]

It seems two of the restaurants they visited on the trip have burned down since.

I have never been a dispatcher - but I did software testing for a company that makes it...and worked with them

1) people/ communication skills have to be high -- paniced people /drunk people / people with strong accents call .

2) you work all shifts all days. do not expect xmas or t-day off.

3) they do pay shift differentials.

People that like it, seem to stay. Most people that do it , know it is vital.

good work, hard work, not a lot of money for the job

OMG, am taking most annoying sexual harassment course. Not because of the content (Though it's this faux-cheerful "journey" to a "ultimate harassment free workplace")

Now I'm curious. How exactly do you render a workplace free from ultimate harassment? (Now I feel that should be capitalised.)

Step 1: ban Frisbees