I removed a few people from my livejournal "Friends" list. I removed them either because their posts were uninteresting, or they were not posting at all for long periods of time, or for a myriad of reasons.

Realize that I do not use this list to reflect who is a friend or ally, and who is not. It's simply a bitmask representing both who has permission to view the private posts I don't want the general public to be privvy to, and who appears on my default friends view. Don't view it as a change of friendship or enemy status, simply that if you don't share your dirt, I won't share mine. Blackmail only works when it's bilateral.

Dear sir,

Your site saved my ass. God bless and keep you and provide you with all
the cold beer you could ever possibly need.

Now, to tell customer to write his damn passwords down next time.

Thanks a bunch!

Paul, as usual, thanks for helping out.  I really appreciate you stepping up over the past couple of weeks to help out, and have made [CEO] and Santa Barbara aware of your efforts, which are appreciated by all.

Thanks,

[Finance Director]

[Boss] cancelled the meeting for today.

[Coworker]

"That transaction has been approved and the transaction has processed, you're all paid up now, thanks."

(to self) – "Hrm, for the first time this week we have 22 open lines on the office PBX at 11am"