"Amateur" does not begin to quantify the depth of my artistic ability.

you mean in a way that makes any sort of sense?

no...not really

It's a way to keep in contact with friends. Or waste time playing virtual games.

Seriously, it can be used in many ways. I use it to keep in contact with friends who live across the country and globe. A friend in MN has been posting (uploading) photos of his little girl. It's been really neat seeing her go from newborn to toddler. I've made friends in Canada and Australia and now we can keep up with each other and remain in contact (more contact than random emails - it's nearly instant) by status updates and wall postings (think Tweets and @replies).

Does that help?

So its not just a book with faces in it?

No, Your mug shot is not the same thing as facebook.

Oh joy. We made the front page of CNN

The Snowmeddeon Cam will be activated as of 9:00am tomorrow.

Cool! I can hardly wait to tune in.

Keep warm, dry and make sure you've hit the grocery store, I'm sure the pizza, beer, milk and bread are long gone.

You're getting all our snow!

We're having a hard time living up to "The Greatest Snow on Earth" with as little precip as we've had.

Not that I entirely mind... I just hate it when it dumps all at once, totally unexpectedly.

It's a vector for malware.

Facebook is what we will all use to stay in touch when LoT dies.