A Few Favorite Tweets

I have liked over 330 tweets on Twitter. I think a majority of them are sports-related. Of late, more and more of my favorites are images or video clips. Still, there are a few text-based ones that I favorited, though some are over the original 140 character limit. I share them here.

Literary prizes can give the impression that art is a competition. Take it from a ferociously competitive person: Art is anti-competitive. Art is a long, unending conversation between generations. @legoff

Until you have left your apartment at 5:15 for a 6 o’clock flight you have not truly earned the title "expert traveler." @tedalexandro

sometimes. the human gets sad. and i don’t know why. but if i jump. in their lap. and stay there. i can usually fix it @dog_feelings

The glass is never half-empty for dogs. It's never even empty when nothing's in it, if it's once been full. @rodriguez_linda

Tweet! Ha ha. @BigBird

Trying things is important because it shapes the idea itself and gives it more clarity. Some things work well; others don't. They iterate. @sarahmei

I like to think of my time sheets as, "inspired by actual events." @RoloDMonkey

*Lady rolls down her car window at 181st street* "congrats on HAMLET!" Me: "I WISH I wrote Hamlet!" Lady: "Yay HAMLET!" *drives away* #myday @Lin_Manuel

What's Up?

I'm up.

Happy New Year

2008 ends. 2009 begins. With an extra second to boot. Happy New Year to the readers and visitors of this BLOG, wherever you happen to find it.

Tweet

Clive Thompson's NY Times article about Twitter and Facebook shows how online social networking has somehow expanded people's concept of their "social circle." Through a steady diet of short "status" messages (e.g. "Having a pizza dinner", "I'm watching the US Open now") that eventually become a stock ticker of your real self, Twitter enables people to follow other people's lives in a strangely more intimate way than they might "in real life." Thompson is careful to point out the drawbacks to virtual friendships, but as a whole, it seems positive.

While reading this piece, I kept thinking about a recent lunch my wife and I had with a nearby friend of mine. We met with our families, and had an entertaining time catching up, laughing, telling stories, and minding our children. I kept thinking "this is so nice!" Now, weeks after that lunch, I wish that my friend had a Twitter account (I searched; she doesn't have one that I could find). However, since it's a Web 2.0 thing, I'm pretty certain that her children will end up with Twitter accounts someday.

Won't they be surprised when they find out that they can follow my tweets?

If you want to follow me, check out the sidebar of my blog for my Twitter updates, or visit my Twitter page.

Happy Birthday to Jenn

My wife's birthday is today. Hurray!

Handwriting Day

Martin Luther King Day

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I hope we're getting close.

Happy New Year

Peace and prosperity to everyone in 2008!

Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays!

Fizzix

Yummy! A snack that combines carbonation and yogurt. My wife thinks these two elements don't go together, but I gave it a try, and it's not bad!

Happy Birthday...

...little girl!

Happy New Year (Almost)

2007 is just around the corner. Have a Happy New Year! I've been working on my 2006 movie and book recap. Stay tuned.

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas, to you and to all!
The presents are set for that early wake up call.

It's all quiet now in my house.
My kid is asleep, she's as still as a mouse.

Ocean's Eleven is on the TV,
and I'm still parked in front of my PC.

Peace to everyone, this wonderful night,
Let's be filled with cheer by morning's light!

Person of the Year

Wow. Never thought I'd be part of Time's "Person of the Year". *grin* Now if I could only get paid to write my own BLOG, then I'll have something to celebrate about.

Was it a Dream...

...or did I really see Tony Soprano get shot?

Manny Makes it to Camp

And Red Sox Nation breathes a sigh of relief.

My Wife's Birthday

My wife's birthday is today. Hurray! Happy Birthday, Jenn.

Christmas

Peace, everyone. Merry Christmas.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Flag Day

I'm wearing a United States flag pin today. I wore this pin a few weeks ago, at a celebration of someone at my office becoming a US Citizen. I wonder if he remembered today's somewhat obscure and quiet holiday.