Dontcha love social networking!

I wasn't planning on writing this for a few days but Facebook pissed me off by not letting me write what's on my mind so here it is. In the last 10 months or so, I have managed to wind up on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as well as writing a blog. I noticed on LinkedIn that a lot of people started last fall and winter. Although the recession started around January of '08, it took until fall for the shit to hit the unemployment fan. All sorts of advice columns popped up on how to keep or find a job. One suggestion was "networking" with friends and colleagues for potential employment. I'm not sure how everyone is doing with that because most of the people I found as colleagues apparently set up their accounts and never looked again. I run across a fair amount of Twitter accounts like that too. I think most were set up when Ashton Kutcher and CNN were competing to get to 1 million followers never to tweet again. A large part of the rapid increase in social networking activity is from folks like me sitting in an office with nothing else to do. Thank God we have internet! As frustrating as Facebook is, it is pretty cool being able to see friends and relatives and know what they are doing day to day. That being said, I can't seem to share what I write in the "on my mind" box so here is what I'm trying to write:
Yesterday I was standing in line at a government office and noticed a sign nearby explaining the upcoming days that the office would be closed. It listed Nov. 11 (Veterans Day) and went on to list Nov. 25 and Dec. 31 as Furlough Days. (Yes, they were capitalized) The woman in front of me turned and asked me what Furlough Day was. I explained that the state was initiated budget cuts and every state employee had to take 2 unpaid days off. She then asked who Furlough was! I told her that Furlough wasn't a who, that it was a what. She was completely serious!