Scrappy, as one person who took a fair amount of such shit I know I would appreciate the apology. I wouldn't necessarily friend-back, but I'd be glad and probably say so.

This. A friend request with no note would get immediately ignored, but with a note would at least get a "thank you."

Wow, Scrappy, that took a lot. Good for you.

My doctor called and said my vitamin D levels are low again, so I'm going back on the prescription of D for a while.

Yeah, I have to do the same, only my doctor has me taking the prescription twice a week, plus OTC daily for the rest of the week, even though my numbers have gone up from 8 to 21 in the past year. They want the number in the 40s, though, so I'm on megadoses of the stuff.

That was brave and amazing of you, Scrappy.

Scrappy, that took a lot of guts. I hope that woman responds positively to your apology.

Me too. I wish I could find this one girl that my friends and I teased in elementary school. I don't remember much elaborate bullying, but I do remember saying we were Scanners and we were going to make her head explode. And, if I recall, she also had a stutter and/or a learning disability, which made it even more awful. I still feel bad about it.

In a similar vein, a couple years ago, I reconnected on Facebook with one of my old elementary school friends (one of the ones who did the teasing, actually), and, to my surprise, he sent me a message apologizing for totally ditching me for the "cool" kids in junior high and said he was really happy to see I was doing well, as he knew I would be. I was never expecting to hear that from him ever, and it meant a lot, so I hope your message is received the same way, Scrappy.

I apologized to the adult who was the girl I marginalized in high school, and she was all, "What?" So apparently I was not an effective tormentor.

I guess I'm just mean, because when the guy who had an affair with EM apologized to me after they broke up, I told him to fuck off and expressed my fervent wish that he get elephantitis of the balls, and a permanent burning rectal itch.

Thanks for your kind words, y'all. It was fine to apologize and I am glad I got the chance, but it would have been better if I had not behaved that way in the first place.

Looks like Gaddafi may finally be going down.

A childhood friend lost his sister over Lockerbie. He's really on my mind right now. We're Facebook friends, but not the sort of thing you leave on a wall...

Yes, but he was an adult and you are not responsible for helping him deal with his adult mistakes. Children aren't fully formed and sometimes do horrible things they're not able to understand are really horrible.

I'm pretty sure EM's guy on the side knew just how badly he was hurting someone.

Looks like Gaddafi may finally be going down.

Not soon enough, unfortunately.