Earlier today, I got the inevitable email from Stephen:

Hey mister social sites,

Have you taken a look at LinkedIn? I finally got sucked into it today.

I replied that I had not. Predictably, he invited me. My reply was that I wouldn’t accept his LinkedIn invitation unless he accepted my Facebook invitation of each social networking domain. As a result, we are now both members. [I thought that he'd deign to take me up on the offer, honestly.] Not that I’m ever hard to find in such networks—having a unique name makes me easy to find online—but if you need to find me … it’s gfmorris AT gfmorris DOT net.

[No, I am not on MySpace. I have standards. I hope that my brother won't take that as a slight. :)]

Why is this interesting, other than my glee at getting my favorite Ph.D. in optics onto a site that he regularly dismisses in my presence? Well, my friends have taken to joking lately that I’m going to end up on Madison’s city council in the next decade. I don’t think they understand how much my disdain for politics at most any level grows daily. [And besides, if I'm going to snap and be that stupid, I'm running for the state Legislature.] I’m not really quite to the level of a connector in Tipping Point-ese, but I do know a lot of people. Always sorta have. I think it comes from the military brat thing and having to form a lot of connections quickly and regularly.