My friend Amber (better known as Amboogie) shared an article by Christine Hassler about spring cleaning for relationships.  Lately, I’ve been culling “friends” from my Facebook account - folks I decided that I really didn’t want to share in the details of my life.  I’ve also been much more judicious when it comes to accepting friend requests, but I digress.

In her piece, Ms. Hassler identifies several ways to identify toxic friends: (more…)

Am I missing something here?  Here’s the deal:

I sent an old friend a book and magazine for an industry in which she’s starting a career.  I wrapped it in sparkly black gift-wrap, wrote a quick note - on my own set of personalized note cards, of course - and sent it just before Christmas, although it wasn’t necessarily a Christmas present.  (I’d actually had it for about a month before I got around to sending it.)

I shipped the gift via FedEx so I could track the package and make sure she received it.  Delivery was attempted, but she wasn’t at home to sign for it, so the driver didn’t leave the package at her door.  (I sent it signature-required.)  I shot her an email that evening that said “hey, I sent you something - you have to sign for it.” The next day, I believe, FedEx successfully delivered the package.

I haven’t heard anything from this friend since, and I’m left wondering what happened.  Did she receive my gift?  Did she like it?  Can she use it?  (more…)

Isn’t that comforting to know?  Kind of gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside, yes?

A woman wrote into The Consumerist, reporting that Facebook has denied her request to have her deceased brother’s Facebook account closed down.  The sister sent Facebook a copy of her brother’s death certificate, but Facebook refused, citing it was against their policy to close down deceased members’ accounts.

Facebook’s reply?  (more…)

This seems to be an inordinate number of unread emails, and these emails all sit unread in my inbox.  I told myself that I would clean the cobwebs out of my inbox and start fresh for 2009, but that hasn’t happened yet.  I find myself holding on for some reason.

So what am I holding onto?  What’s in my inbox?  (more…)