This e-mail came in while I was updating my Facebook status:

As someone who is not on Facebook, and dearly hopes to shuffle off this mortal coil without ever being on Facebook, can I just say that a Corner devoid of “picayune personal observations, sports banter, etc.” would be a Corner much diminished. If that means that I’ll be first against the wall when the Purge of the Goldbergist Menace comes, so be it.