Facebook is no longer for the college student who likes to post pictures of the sick party the previous night. It’s open to the high schoolers, business professionals, and yes, even your mom.

So when a parent joins Facebook, there are a few things you’re likely to do, but does it really matter?

Untag yourself from the photos that show you in a bad light. This bad light, may include you consuming too much of a substance or getting that tattoo of the girl from a rum bottle (of which you thought was a great idea, at the time).

That dirty mouth your mom would have grounded you for when you were a kid is now in full strength on Facebook. But it’s not like your parents are going to ground you, you’re an adult now, right? You might censor yourself the next time you’re on.

Ultimately, you may keep yourself looking like an angel in front of your parents, but only for a couple weeks. You’ll fall back into the way you really are. What’s wrong with that? Don’t worry, your parents already know you’re a tad profane, thanks to that nosy cousin of yours.

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Since I have a lot of time on my hands due to the fact that I’m not working (email me if you have work), I have found a way to still spend my money even when I’m not making any. Napster was the very first music service I used. Yes, iTunes wasn’t even on my radar at the time. And now I’m back, well not exclusively.

Listening to GDGT a couple weeks ago I heard about Napster’s new subscription model. For only $5 a month you get 5 free mp3 songs and unlimited browser streaming of it’s seven million song library. For only $5 I find this to be an exceptional deal. You already get your money’s worth with the five songs, but the streaming is the cherry on top.

The streaming works in-browser, there is nothing to install, so you can access your whole streaming library on any computer. This is escpecially useful on my Hp Mini because I can have any amount of songs and not have to worry about hard drive space (which is lacking on the 16gb solid state drive).

Amazon MP3 is great for getting cheap, high quality songs. iTunes is great for iPod syncing and app store. Napster is fantastic when I don’t have either my computer or iPod near.

Now where is the Napster iPhone app?

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Just because you live right next to a public (floor) restroom does not mean you should walk barefoot in it. It’s no different than walking around in some nasty ass gas station bathroom. Don’t do it!

If you use Febreze, it means something is not clean. Febreze does not clean, nor does it make something smell clean, try Tide.

Playing your music so loud that everyone can hear it is not cool. Ask any of your neighbors and they will hate you for it.

Don’t bother trying to change someone’s mind about politics. It will only end up in a contest of who can talk louder.

Stealing someone’s towel while they’re in the shower will only be the beginning of a terrible war. Be prepared for wet clothes, sticky door knobs, and every prank in the book.

No matter where you go, you will always have the cocky high school football player in your proximity. Don’t worry though, it’s not high school anymore.

The half cologne, half body odor, half alcohol musk coming from your room not only makes paint peel, it tells anyone walking by to stay away.

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