They sent me 13 questions to answer on camera, and I got a friend to video me up against a wall answering them.

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My trip from Facebook to fakebook began in February when I got a friend request from Rick Weiss, the former Washington Post science writer.

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The day before leaving for vacation, I got word that a good friend, Chicago attorney Reynaldo Glover, had died of pancreatic cancer.

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Once I French-kissed a male friend of mine in Shanghai right before I got into a taxi.

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Ms. MISSY CARLSON (Tourist, Nashville): There was quite a few on the flights, and in fact I got an e-mail from a friend of mine that her son and a friend of his were coming over from Alabama, you know.

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The wife and family have gone to a friend's house so I've still got time to pick up where I left off.

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"He's a friend of mine but I've been away on holiday and just got back in last night, " said Shearer.

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She got a friend to phone my father, who was still in London, simply saying I was ill.

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But I came to appreciate quickly not just his friendship -- which, if you've got Ken Salazar as a friend, you've got a real friend.

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Here she was trying to be a little grown-up with her best friend from L.A. She had to go to security and wait there until I got there.

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