I sometimes get friend "suggestions" from FB that have no apparent raison d'etre. Not only are the individuals unknown to me, they are people with whom I have NO mutual FB friends (!). The only possible connection, as far as I can see, is that our names may have been found sharing space in some mutual acquaintance's e-mail address book.

That makes me just a little uneasy.

I do enjoy FB, and it has (for now, at least) replaced Mudcat as my favorite site for at-work internet malingering. Probably due simply to the relative novelty (which won't last forever), but also because it's easier to get in and out quickly without becoming too absorbed.

I avoid most of the games/quizzes/surveys, etc., with the exception of online Scrabble. And I'll admit to occasionally succumbing to temptation and participating in some silly quiz, even though it's almost always disappointing and leads to regret.

Incidentally: I make it point not to accept system-generated friend "suggestons," but I am always glad to accept any personal friend "request." You can find me under my real name, Tom Henehan. (I'm the one living in New Orleans; the Tom Henehan in Minneapolis is not me, and is not even related to me [as far as we can tell, going back four generations]).