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Do You Facebook?

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Oh dear. I went to my Facebook account tonight, and imagine my surprise when I see on my home page, or whatever it's called, the icon for this blog (the blue chair) linked to my account (which is in my real name as it is mostly used for family news). I really did not appreciate that, and hope it wasn't noticed by anyone who I wouldn't want to read this. Not that I say much of anything here that is truly secret, but it is nice to write with the illusion of anonymity, you know? It is, after all, why I use a  pseudonym. So, for the several of you readers who have actually met me, and know my name - that is why I have deleted my Facebook account tonight. Sheez Louise. I hate how Google has meshed everything together.   (for Google) Facebook isn't really my thing. I use it mainly to check in on my much younger relatives, two of whom use it daily. My sorority is starting to use it as well - but, uh uh, it's not for me; SO - another time waster out of my life; In a wa...

Reading Update

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Oops, I haven't been keeping up to date with my reading list. I just checked and I left off with The Girl with the Dr agon Tattoo in October.  Since then I have been reading these gems. After that I started Ken Follett's new book Fall of Giants . I had to return it to the digital library before I was done, so now I have to wait (I am #2 in line) to finish it. I forgot to write down which chapter in was on so I'll probably end up doing a little backtracking - but that's okay. It is an interesting look at England and Germany pre- and during WWI. This is also going to be a series, so shall be an interesting history lesson. Also, in November, I finished The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - book two in the Millennium Series by Stieg Larsson. and am currently smack dab in the middle of book three: which is a real page turner, or would be if digital books had pages. So, my reading has slowed down just a little, but the reading material is a bit...