Perhaps it's lost innocence, or trust, or optimism, or personality, or sanity.
Yet with strong regulation like dismantling Facebook seeming beyond the resolve of congress, and weak regulation potentially protecting Facebook, perhaps it's losing the moral high ground that will be Facebook's real punishment.
And perhaps that's why it was lost on me.
Microsoft, perhaps sensing that it was losing control of the story, has gone on record as saying, essentially, yes, the Kinect will initially be aimed at a "casual" gaming audience, but after launch we will re-confirm our support for you "hardcores".
Perhaps it was a lost set of keys, a treasure hunt, Easter eggs, a life partner or even "Where's Waldo?" While these searches take time, focus and effort, imagine if what you were looking for was something more sublime than your car keys or a dyed egg.
Perhaps it was when he lost the 2006 Champions League final to Barcelona.
Perhaps it's simply lost on those of us who aren't hardcore comics fans, but we haven't quite caught Green Lantern fever yet.
Many family papers were lost and perhaps it was then that the manuscript became damp and mildewed.
Perhaps something was lost in translation, but it seems doubtful.
Perhaps it was making up for lost time or perhaps it was inevitable, but I could finally relate to my friends' period stories.
