Observation 10/26

Like most Internet creations, Facebook became many things that it was never meant to be. Certainly, its founders did not have Farmville or obsessive status updaters in mind when they created a social networking site for people to keep in touch with friends and family.

But sometimes, even when it does just what it was intended for, Facebook is immensely rewarding. Chatting with a cousin you hardly ever speak to and who lives six hours away or having your aunt offer to index the children's book you wrote for a class and proudly bragged about finishing in an update: I'll be damned if that nonsense doesn't bring a family closer together.