Circle of Friends

Matt's blog recently featured a discussion about the pros and cons of social networking sites/technologies, and this morning I ran across this story from the BBC News about a recent study on the "optimum" number of friends a person should have.

The article suggests that as people become more busy because of the demands placed on them by modern technological life and yet still have more "friends" that those friendships become more superficial.  Perhaps 5 close friends is the ideal?

Happy Birthday, World Changers!

Today is the 200th anniversary of the births of two men who continue to impact the world today.

So what's the difference between Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln?

One freed people from slavery to misguided dogmatism and the other was Charles Darwin.

Clearly the joke can be turned, but it's funny to me either way.