Highly Commended in this prestigious award were…
Alex Dowding and Rob Fuzzard both with 405 friends on Facebook.

Third Place goes to Adam Pollington with 431.

In a close Second Place is Lianne Dempsey with 489.

But the award for Paul Foster’s Friendliest Friend on Facebook goes to…

(cue drum roll)

Nick Hampshire with 504 friends!

Well Done Nick!!!!

So are you one of them?

Well I’ve been on facebook for a one whole week now – Thanks, Tom – and so to commemorate the occasion of gaining my fiftieth friend – Rob, that was you – I figured I’d find out how many friends all my facebook friends currently have and see how well I’m doing!

So in alphabetical order of surname with number of friends in brackets (as of approx 8-10.30pm on 23/07/08), here’s the definitive list of my First Fifty Friends on Facebook!

And a big hello to all of you!

Tom A (103)
Adam A (99)
Alex A (252)
Frances B (251)
Anna B (215)
Suzi B (178)
Thomasina B (316)
Paul B (34)
Elizabeth B (43)
Fiona C (61)
Graham C (37)
Paula-Jane C (16)
Adam D (347)
Rianna D (202)
Lianne D (489)
Alex D (405)
Kay D (36)
Neil F-S (219)
Mark F (232)
Andrew F (98)
Zandr F-L (52)
Rob F (405)
Georgy F (6)
Chloe G (218)
Clare G (337)
Andrew H-C (86)
Nick H (504)
Wilf H (45)
Ian H (14)
Emma H (164)
Aaron H (172)
Bruno H (305)
Mark H (79)
Claire H (143)
Tracy K (91)
Claire L (307)
Dylan L (20)
Paul L (48)
Peter M (98)
Linda N (56)
Charlotte O’D (241)
Phil P (117)
Adam P (431)
Mark P (33)
Rowena T (75)
Paul T (56)
Claire W (180)
Amy W (211)
Peter W (101)

So, me thinks I might have invented a new verb! Well, Alex, you read it here first!

For those who wish to be illuminated, the term playwright is not a variant spelling of playwrite, but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder (as in a wheelwright, cartwright, or shipwright). Hence the prefix and the suffix combine to indicate someone who, like me, crafts plays.

So, since the term playwrighting means crafting a play (as being distinct from writing a play, since the act of crafting a play requires learned skills and is much more than the specific act of writing) I have taken the noun ‘wright’ to also be a verb: ‘to wright’ meaning to craft.

And so, to quote my facebook profile (seven friends and counting, and at the rate of adding one friend every two hours!) being a playwright, I guess I wright plays.

Yep, looks like I’ve succumbed to Facebook. (Thanks Tom!) I should be in bed, very busy few days ahead, but here I am trying to find some friends to add to my very short list.

Amazing to find some old school/college friends. Wonder what they’re all doing now…

Anyway, any one out there feel like adding me to their list of friends then feel free. Search for “facebook-at-pafoster.com” as an email and you’ll find me. I think there’s a widget thing-a-me-bob-do-dah-whotsit that will post my blog entries there too!

Oh and there’s bound to be a Mac dashboard widget thingy too.

Oh dear…

And Rich is already complaining of being a Mac widow – I daren’t mention Facebook!