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[Jeff]

First I was able to connect with my cousin in Mississippi that lead to connecting with my father, though he's still not on face book. Well, now I have re-connected with my sixth grade english teacher. I hope she'll eventually make her way over here. She really had an impact on my writing way back then, I mean it wasn't any good back then but it helped get me pointed in the right direction. She even has a picture of my entire class and boy do I look like a dork.

[Hotrock]

Er... do I dare ask the question that sits uneasily upon everybodys lips?

Yeah, 'course I do!

Anything changed mate?

 

[Jeff]

Did anything change? Yeah... something did. You know the saying as you grow older you lose two things. The second thing is your memory..... I'm sorry... what were we talking about?


Yeah, I looked like such a dork. No wonder I didn't have any friends. 

[The Ninja King, Cobra Angels]

Yeah, because of facebook, I have found people I never thought I would.

[freja]

me too

[Sir Breakfast]

Must agree Mes enfants -  I,  the super cynic  decried Facebook until I inadvertently became part of it.

To be known as a writer one must indulge in a little self-promtion - nay! a lot of self promotion and Facebook does it well - cheap[er than an internationa[hone call too

[Jeff]

Sir B,

It is so nice to see you back, I hope your long absence wasn't due to bad health. I too feel to the sirene of facebook, now I just got to quit playing the stupid games!

[the old gray mare]

I love FB! I keep in touch with my family, have reconnected with classmates and old friends, and long-lost cousins, former riding students and barn buddies,  and even friends like members of my writers group use it to keep in touch as a group. I use it shamelessly to promote my writing and events.

[EllieT]

Great to see so many familiar names pop up once again. Hopefully, the gang will regroup and stay around.

Like DL - I too enjoy Facebook if only for the basic element of  being able to express oneself for more than 140 characters as one is required to do using Twitter. I enjoy sharing findings during my Net searches and sharing them with my Facebook friends, as we all do here, and also the voyeuristic aspect of reading the personal updates about friends and family, etc. However, I'm astounded at the personal tidbits i.e. divorces, relationships with spouses/ex-spouses, dates, breakups, etc. etc. that people post and share.

Ellie-kins

[Sir Breakfast]

No! Jeff - my health is aok -  I was working on an acting project - over now and: 

Forgive me, Jeff for I have sinned.  I have not gone to my Writers and Friends column due also to laziness.

I shall say six Hail Celines (Blessed and charted be Her music) and play her album at noon, dusk and after The Mentalist.

[Jeff]

You will be forgiven as long as you do your self imposed pennance, and of course we need to know all about this acting project. I take it that the project went well and you at least enjoyed it? 

[EllieT]

We need details, Sir B! Which play? What role did you play, etc. etc.

Ellie-kins

[Sir Breakfast]

The play: Asparagus This deals with the story of one of Australia's famous authors, Dymphna Cusack, who  was banished to Bathurst becuse of her outspokenness against the 1930-40s education system in NSW

I played two roles; Gordon Edgell, a businessman who developed canned foods in Oz - hence asparagus and David Drummond, the Minister For Education who made Dymphna's life pretty miserable.  Nonetheless, she overcame her drawbacks and produced some stunning novels; one being Come In Spinner