Facebook is a great tool, but sometimes I think it comes with a price. Yes, it's a source of quick, mass-contact communication. Yes, it's great to reconnect with friends from long ago, connect with friends from today in a new light, or make new connections and network toward a better tomorrow.
However, I am bus-hit by a family death announced via Facebook. I wasn't particularly close to the one of many sisters of my grandma anyway, but it makes me doubletake the fact that my brother and I (more electronically connected) had to tell my mother, the very niece of the deceased, of the death.
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I'm torn, and have many more facets to ponder after bedtime, and so I leave this as ....
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