Don't IM. No one's home.

At our library, we have used IM for admin offices and supervisors for a long time. It's really handy for seeing where everyone is and cryptically discussing things you might not want to commit to email. My buddy list has one problem, and I see this in other applications also. We keep adding names and no one ever takes anyone off. There are seven people on my buddy list who are permanently offline. No, no one's dead! Just retired, moved, etc.
I am amazed by the glossary of terms that was listed in our assignment. Many of these seem to be designed to keep parents in the dark--pretty scary. Oh, well, I guess kids have always done this in one way or another. L8R, D. W.