Todd Terwilliger

The Death of Good Manners in the Internet Age

I’ve been stewing on this for the better part of the week: a girl I know de-friended (un-friended?) me on Facebook. That didn’t bother me at all. What bothered me was the total lack of decorum in the whole affair. Hallowed laws of etiquette had been infringed at my expense. That was a crime I could not abide.

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Random Detritus: Friday Edition

A Facebook comment inspired my mind to wander in the direction of ’80s session super-group Toto, specifically the song Africa. Yet, somewhere along the way, I found myself confronted by the lyrics to that other ’80s group, Asia and In the Heat of the Moment. I must confess that I dig the tune but [...]

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A Touching, Heart-Felt Episode

In what will surely be a made-for-TV movie coming soon to the Hallmark, Family, or Lifetime (possibly) channel, my mother was able to re-connect with her (literally) long-lost half-brother and half-sisters this week via Facebook. As a result, I now have an excess of riches in the aunt, uncle, and cousin department.
In the beginning, I [...]

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