The irony is that my first instinct was to post a status update--on Facebook. Even as my brain was telling me I couldn't do that, my finger was clicking my FB bookmark.

That's how addicted many of us have become to the social network. With that in mind, I thought I'd offer this little list of ways to survive a Facebook outage.

1. Try Twitter instead. (Duh.)

2. Need a chat fix? There's always instant messaging (remember that?).

3. Still need a chat fix? Try the telephone (remember that?). I'll bet you haven't called your mom in ages.