As I review my list of Facebook friends, it occurs to me that if I spent much time with most of them, I probably wouldn't even like them very much: holders of loathsome political opinions matched only by their execrable taste in music and sports teams; incorrigible braggarts overcompensating for their screwed-up lives; LOLers at things that barely deserve a silent chuckle; sharers of every minute, pointless detail of their unremarkable lives; wisenheimers posting lame attempts at wit or excessively perky peeps posting inspirational quotes; language Nazis who delight in pouncing on others' online grammatical, syntactical or spelling miscues; parents or grandparents posting pictures of hideous children and pet owners that do the same of their miserable curs or cats. So, I guess it's just as well we keep our distance.

Not you, of course. The other ones. LOL.