Okay, I've avoided this silly practice that a lot of bloggers partake in. In case you weren't aware, every week there are five questions posted at www.fridayfive.org. You're supposed to answer them in your blog on Friday. Dumb, right? Well, I'm bored and avoiding doing some coding that I don't want to do. So, with no further ado...

1. Would you say that you're good at keeping in touch with people?
No. In fact I completely suck. This blog is partially an attempt to do better.

2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Why?
Well, considering that I now live about a thousand miles from most of my friends, I've been using the electronic measures much more frequently. Blog comments have become the best. I wish more of my friends would start blogs. Well, only some :-) I never write snail mail anymore which is a pity, really.

3. Do you have an instant messenger program? How many? Why/why not? How often do you use it?
I use Trillian which allows me to integrate all of my IM programs in one application. So, I have them all - ICQ, IRC, AIM, Yahoo, MSN. I use ICQ here at work as that's how all the techs communicate with one another. I use Yahoo for my friends. You can also use the ICQ link over there in the right-hand column to get me if I'm online, you know? If you have a Yahoo IM name or an ICQ number and I don't know it get it to me, okay? Thanks.

4. Do most of your close friends live nearby or far away?
Sigh. Far away, I'm afraid. As I've mentioned here many times, if I could uproot all of my friends and move you to Manhattan I'd be the happiest boy on the planet. No exaggeration.

5. Are you an "out of sight, out of mind" person, or do you believe that "distance makes the heart grow fonder"?
Oh, whatever. If you forget your friends because they're out of sight yer an ass. If they grow fonder in their absence you're probably pretty self-involved.

Okay. I sucked it up. Now you have to do the same in the comments. Go!