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Did the Iranians hack Facebook this time?

I was just wondering, because I’ve been having a world of trouble with it the past few days.
Were I superstitious, I might suspect it was a sign I should be doing something more productive with my time. Mercifully, I am not.

Posted 03 January 2010 † Brigette Russell § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , ,

The personal and the political

The personal — On the bright side, no one in my house has swine flu yet.  On the not quite so bright side, my washing machine died with a load full of sopping wet, not-yet-clean clothes inside.
The political — I’d say Chris Christie is going to win a big, fat gubernatorial victory, wouldn’t you?
Ricardo Leon [...]

Posted 30 October 2009 † Brigette Russell § Personal § Politics ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Facebook is killing my blog

Seriously. I have wasted more time on Facebook the past few days than I can believe. Maybe wasted isn’t the right word, because certainly it’s nice being able to keep up with what your friends and family are doing, but still, I really did blog a lot more before I started spending so [...]

Posted 09 July 2009 † Brigette Russell § New Mexico § Personal ‡ Comments (8) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Names from the past

A friend from high school, one of only two I’ve kept in touch with, recently joined Facebook and sent me a friends request. She’d been Googling other friends from long ago, and it suddenly occurred to me that if anyone who knew me 20 years ago or more was looking for me, they’d have [...]

Posted 05 December 2008 † Brigette Russell § Feminism § Personal ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,