Academic

The great friend divide
Robert Scoble has a very intelligent post on the value of friends on social networking sites: I?m tracking the new ?friend divide.? What is it? Well, compare your experiences on a number of services when you only have one friend vs...

A Facebook friend is anything but a friend in need
The Guardian points out that you can't always expect your Facebook Friends to stand by you: If ever evidence were needed that a Facebook friend is anything but a friend in need - the declining cyber-support for the man named today as history's biggest rogue trader speaks volumes...

saddest (truest) conversation of the day
(me) I’m an irritating perfectionist who can’t prioritize (me) stubborn ‘pride in work product’ (friend) lose it (friend) that’s an evolutionary …whatchamacallit (friend) like the appendix (friend) a holdover that adds no value

Worst friend ever
From Eldon, Mo., where a man crashed his car then proceeded to put his badly injured friend in a ditch. The friend died, and the man apparently drove on home to his trailer park, where the police found him asleep...

Economy Joke
Recognizing that the title of this post is redundant, I?m sharing the following: Friend One: You are a walking economy. Friend Two: What do you mean by that? Friend One: Your hair line is in recession, your waistline is in...

MN cop told teen to show her breasts to avoid jail, police say
The story says it was a prank cooked up by a friend of the 18-year-old, who'd been drinking while camping. The friend actually called the cop, who's a friend, and suggested the "tradeoff" where the teen would flash so she...

$33 Million Awarded to Boy Injured by Drunken Driver
Drunk Driver To Pay $33 Million to Injured Friend