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As Regards Mom
I figured I'd say some things that are more than 140 characters long about what's going on with my mother. As you have already brilliantly deduced based upon my crafty reference to "140 characters" right then, I've been making updates regarding her status via my Twitter accounts (here (approval needed) or here (public access)), which auto-updates

H1N1 Poll: Will Your Children Be Vaccinated?
I've received notices from both the elementary school and the middle school, letting me know that if I so choose, my children can receive the H1N1 vaccine.  For free.  At school.  I've also been made aware, thanks to the very same forms, that if a child is under the age of 10, they will need to receive a second shot at least 21 days later.  This was news to me; I had no idea.  As I mentioned to my twitter pal @StewartMoore this morning: I thought it was "one and done".  Anyway, that's neither here nor there. What I'm really interested in is this: Are you having your children vaccin

When It's Time To Change You Got To Rearrange
Hi there.The more I think about it, the more I believe that Leila may be right: Social media is killing our established means of communication.In particular, Twitter and Facebook are to blame.  I'm not angrily pointing fingers, here; I love me some Twitter and Facebook.  I love them so much, in fact, that if I have something to say, most of the time, I'm going to say it on the former, which will auto-update the latter, and I can then add a comment, if necessary.  I email my friends less and less, because pretty much all of my friends are engaged in one or both of the aforementioned means of communicating with me.  I post to my lists still less