Sex and Virtual Friendship

Editor's note: This is the final story in a five-part series about Facebook. A woman sits ... Social networks change face of co

Editor's note: This is the final story in a five-part series about Facebook.

A woman sits in the back row in a lecture hall, her iPod playing her favorite album, her laptop balanced on top of the tiny desk. Between typing portions of the notes displayed on the screen, she text-messages her boyfriend, checks her e-mail and writes on her roommate's Facebook wall.

People are relying ...

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NEW YORK - Agent Jack Bauer of "24," you've got nothing on John Ahlen. You wanna talk about a really harrowing day?

"Our weekend was one death-match after another," Ahlen wrote his blogosphere friends this week - a virtual "Carnival of Pain." Of his nemesis, he wrote, "I had to fight dirty ... I ...

Agent Jack Bauer of "24," you have nothing on John Ahlen. You want to talk about a REALLY harrowi... Housebloggers swap repair

Agent Jack Bauer of "24," you have nothing on John Ahlen. You want to talk about a REALLY harrowing day?

"Our weekend was one death-match after another," Ahlen wrote his blogosphere friends this week - a virtual "Carnival of Pain." Of his nemesis, he wrote, "I had to fight dirty ... I threw sand in its eye, knee-capped it with a pipe, and stabbed it in the face."

Welcome to the ente...

Brittnie Sarnes has 5,000 MySpace friends. Actually, make that 5,036. At last count, anyhow. Abou... Many Love Myspace 'Fri

Brittnie Sarnes has 5,000 MySpace friends. Actually, make that 5,036. At last count, anyhow. About 10 people a day ask to "friend" her.

She knows they're total strangers, but it doesn't matter. Each time she's asked, it feels "kinda cool - like 'Oh, this person thinks I'm cool enough to befriend me,' " says Brittnie, 17, of Columbus, Ohio.

From there, anything can happen. The ...

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Agent Jack Bauer of "24," you've got nothing on John Ahlen. You wanna talk about a REALLY harrowing day?

"Our weekend was one death-match after another," Ahlen wrote his blogosphere friends this week -- a virtual "Carnival of Pain." Of his nemesis, he wrote, "I had to fight dirty ... I threw sand in its eye, knee-capped it with a pipe, and stabbed it in the face."

Welcome to the en...

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Agent Jack Bauer of "24," you've got nothing on John Ahlen. You wanna talk about a REALLY harrowing day?

"Our weekend was one death-match after another," Ahlen wrote his blogosphere friends this week - a virtual "Carnival of Pain." Of his nemesis, he wrote, "I had to fig...

Agent Jack Bauer of "24," you've got nothing on John Ahlen. You wanna talk about a REALLY harrow... Houseblogs Unite Fixer-Uppe

Agent Jack Bauer of "24," you've got nothing on John Ahlen. You wanna talk about a REALLY harrowing day?

"Our weekend was one death-match after another," Ahlen wrote his blogosphere friends this week _ a virtual "Carnival of Pain." Of his nemesis, he wrote, "I had to fight dirty ... I threw sand in its eye, knee-capped it with a pipe, and stabbed it in the face."

Welcome to the ent...

From there, anything can happen. The person might "comment" her page. She might send her e-mail o... Many love 'friending,&

From there, anything can happen. The person might "comment" her page. She might send her e-mail or an instant message, and they could start a conversation. They might even become real-life friends.

But probably, she'll just sit on Brittnie's list, joining the 90 percent of her frie.ds with whom she has virtually no contact.

Call it a hobby. Call it an obsession. Call it the new wa...

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NEW YORK (AP) - Agent Jack Bauer of "24," you've got nothing on John Ahlen. You wanna talk about a REALLY harrowing day?

"Our weekend was one death-match after another," Ahlen wrote his blogosphere friends this week _ a virtual "Carnival of Pain." Of his nemesis, he wrote, "I had to fight dirty ... ...

Yes, Ahlen's nemesis is merely his stubborn old house near Atkins, Ark., a Queen Anne Victorian ... Our house is a very very ve

Yes, Ahlen's nemesis is merely his stubborn old house near Atkins, Ark., a Queen Anne Victorian he's dubbed "The Devil Queen" - or on tough days, "the house of pure evil." And he's just one of hundreds of "housebloggers" who swap tales of stripping paint, restoring windows, installing fixtures, varnishing, scraping, caulking, sawing, hammering, shaving and drilling.

As with all worlds ...