I mostly use my Live Journal to keep in touch with distant friends. It's easier than writing letters, a sadly dead art form but one at which I suck. They post what they've been up to and I read it at my leisure. And I post what I've been up to. And post silly things like "what intentional tort are you?" (Which is much funnier to me than it needs to be.) You know you want to
read it ... you can't resist.