Tag Archives: friends

Sad Things (# 3) Yahoo Messenger

Posted on 7 February 2013 by

When I started to use the internet in the late 1990s, I also signed up to the Yahoo messenger. It was an easy way to find like-minded people (and attractive girls) before the time of Facebook or Couchsurfing and I made … Continue reading →

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Sad Things (# 2) E-Mail from an old Friend

Posted on 27 January 2013 by

This is sad: I receive an e-mail from an old friend with whom I haven’t had contact for years. I am excited. I open the e-mail, only to find out that they are contacting me in my capacity as a … Continue reading →

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Loneliness doesn’t kill, people do.

Posted on 5 March 2011 by

If you want to lead a healthy life and avoid disease and early death, there is an abundance of medical studies with often conflicting advice. Once coffee is bad for you, then coffee is good for you. Once wine is … Continue reading →

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Life after Facebook

Posted on 11 September 2010 by

I don’t want to pretend that I came to the decision to leave Facebook after much deliberation and after carefully weighing the pros and cons, the privacy concerns and shallowness of many of the posts and the wasted time with … Continue reading →

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