The bit about how did we make friends made me laugh How indeed? My whole life as it is now is from those email list/IRC days.

Yep - it's very funny looking at my FB friends list - it's fairly well divided into fandom people, high school people, and odd stuff to do with cats and/or knitting. And if it came down to needing to pare the list - the fandom people are so much more important to me. And I miss the intimacy of the lists and IRC.

And now I'm sniffly and have dust in my eyes...