Finding a Lost Treasure on Facebook (and the Riddle Answers)

I had a strange and kind of neat happening this evening. A friend and ex co-worker called me and said she'd received a Facebook friend request from a Judy Smith (yes, I'm changing the names) and it showed me as a mutual friend. Was that possibly Judy White that we both worked with a couple decades ago?

I told her no, I hadn't heard from Judy White in over 15 years, but...hmm, I couldn't think who Judy Smith was either.  Well, Judy is someone who doesn't post often but she'd recently changed her profile photo and the more I looked at it the more I thought, dang, that does look like Judy White.

Well, a few e-mails later and the three of us were on a conference call, happily catching up on lost years. I had originally "friended" Judy ages ago without realizing who she was. (We had another round-about connection and I thought she'd friended me because of it.)  Since she doesn't post much, I'd never caught on.

It's always a treat to find an old friend on Facebook, but I don't often find one hiding among my own friends.


Speaking of Facebook - not all my FB experiences are going as well. I've got my new LD Masterson FB page up and I've got a lovely group of friends already but I'm having a terrible problem with the page. The Sort button is missing! You know, the button on your NewsFeed that is supposed to give the option of displaying the most recent posts first.  It's not there, which means I can't get a "Most Recent" sort, which means I can't find the latest posts, which means I'm missing the chance to Like or Comment on what my friends have to say. 

I've researched the problem on Facebook and Google and it appears to have happened before to different people but no one has a solution. Sometimes the button just re-appears.  I don't know what I'm going to do if it doesn't. But if you're one of my friends on that page, please understand that I'm not ignoring your posts. I most likely haven't seen them.


Now, as promised, here are the answers to last Wednesday's riddles.

1 - In California, you can't take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

You can't take a picture with a wooden leg, you need a camera. 

 

2 - Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg is white." or "The yolk of the egg are white."

Neither. The yolk of an egg is yellow.

3 - Why did the elephant sit on the marshmallow?

So he wouldn't fall in the hot chocolate.

(I love the last one because I have a wonderful memory of my youngest telling it to my mom when he was around five and I can still hear her laughing.)

Congratulations to Heather M. Gardner, Maryann Miller and all of you who figured out all three but kept quiet to give others a chance. 


Submissions are closed on the 2013 WRITE CLUB hosted by DL Hammons but you can still take part in voting on the one-on-one match ups beginning July 8th. Just sign up here.

Have a great Monday.



Thought for the Day:

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

A Whole New Me...Sort Of.

Like many women, I've had more than one last name. For the first twenty years of my life, it was Masterson - same as my parents and my brother.  Then I married that guy with the strange Polish name and for the next forty-four years my name has been the same as his, and our sons, daughters-in-law, and grandkids (in that order). Those of you who were with me before I renamed this blog in August 2011 knew me by that other name.

Then I was advised by people in the know not to use that unspellable, unpronounceable name for my writing, so I decided to go back to Masterson. It felt strange, to say the least. I started out by compromising - using both names with either an "A.K.A." or a "Writing As" tossed in.  I set up a web site, printed business cards, and created an author "fan" page on Facebook, all with both names.

But it's time to cut the cord. This weekend I set up a new Facebook page as just LD Masterson. Many of you have already accepted friend requests (THANK YOU!!!).  I'm getting some business cards that only have one name.  I'm attending a writers' conference in July and I'm going to try very hard to introduce myself as LD Masterson, and to remember to answer if someone addresses me that way..

It's awkward. Forty-four years, after all.

I know some of you have dealt with this multiple names thing. Any suggestions on how to get used to it? 

By the way, I decided to go with a Facebook personal page instead of a fan page because I prefer having Friends to Likes. If you're on Facebook and  I haven't sent you a Friend Request yet (I'm still working on it) please send me one. It's www.facebook.com/ld.masterson.9.  I'm not sure what the "9" is about - there aren't eight other ld masterson pages out there - but Facebook wants it so who am I to argue?

Do you like my initial profile picture?

 

I'm the one wearing glasses. 

And, yes, the other guy is wearing bullet holes.

Thanks to everyone who played along with last Wednesday's riddles. Just to confirm for those of you who kept your answers to yourself and those who left them in your comments, here are the official answers:

Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May.  What was the third child's name?  Johnny

What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly? Incorrectly

Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer.  How is this possible?  He lives in the Southern Hemisphere.

Thought for Today:

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.