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Blago soap, Victoria’s Secret, wrestling 5th Graders, and more!

June 20, 2009 · 4 Comments

Here they are, the best tweets of my week! Still reading Twitter so you don’t have to!

“Words to live by” tweets

Shanster8 If there’s one thing i’m glad i still practice in life,it’s that if it’s not useful, beautiful or joyful…i get rid of it

gretchenrubin Seems like fun should be spontaneous, but I need to schedule fun even more scrupulously than work. Otherwise fun never happens.

QuipsAndTips Wouldn’t it be cool to go back to age 16 & teach yourself things you know now? Like: successful people fail more, so don’t fear failure!

ColleenLindsay “Inspiration lasts about 10 minutes, then you have to sit in the chair for a year and write.” Don Maas quoting Karin Slaughter

Tweets that made me laugh

Roland_Hedley Tweeps using green avatars to support Free Iran. Color overlays the new rubber bracelets. Use light blue to support Magic.

ColleenLindsay Stupid 1950s built-in sink stoppers!

thebreadline: Hanging out in Chicago. Saw Blago soap 4 sale, wondering who would rub his likeness on their naked body. Yuck.

paulapoundstone I’m at a party for the “graduating” 5th graders. There’s no ping-pong, and I’m very competitive, so I’m wrestling many of the guests.

jakonrath Making “best of” lists is silly and stupid, and I’ve come up with the top twenty-five reasons why.

jakonrath I was going through my closet and found a “We Shall Never Forget” tee shirt, but I forgot why I bought it.

jakonrathIt’s easy to always focus on the negative. That’s why I do it, because it’s easy.

Roland_Hedley Wife to announce overhaul of family finances 6PM EST. Fear closer scrutiny of stakeholders like Victoria’s Secret.

… and, wait for it…

Roland_Hedley Yes! Wife releases details of fam finance stress test, Victoria’s Secret not on AmX bill! Up on roof shouting Allah Akbar.

Useful tweets

GinaMChen Six blogging mistakes: Don’t make them on your blog (from #savethemedia): http://bit.ly/bkiwq

And my favorite tweet this week

Another 2-parter from Doonesbury’s Roland Hedley…

Roland_Hedley Good news per Rove poll: Nation “center right”. Problem: No party currently represents center right.

Roland_Hedley Maybe Colbert Nation, but ironic constructs don’t vote.

That’s all for this week. See you next Saturday!

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4 responses so far ↓

  • terrepruitt // June 20, 2009 at 11:21 am | Reply

    Even though I tweet, I don’t see any of these, so I really appreciate your summary.

    So funny.

    The T-shirt one was my favorite.

    I think next week I will try to remember a few to share with you.

    Thanks!

  • judy // June 20, 2009 at 11:27 am | Reply

    Oh, Terre, share your tweet about how to tweet! (I was going to, but I thought I’d have to explain RT and I couldn’t quite muster that.)

  • cmw // June 20, 2009 at 12:27 pm | Reply

    Here’s a few for this week:
    @badbanana:
    Youth softball. Where the excitement of a 17-15 game is doubled when you realize both pitchers are tossing no-hitters.

    I’d pay 99¢ for an iPhone app that displays a crucifix to ward off vampires. Under certain conditions, I’d pay far more.

    @chumworth:
    just explained to the kids how today is the first of the 12 Days of Father’s Day. they’re not buying what i’m selling.

    @nprscottsimon:
    When I finished this week’s essay on Holocaust Museum, realized I’d left out name of shooter. Then I thought: good. http://tr.im/onxC

  • terrepruitt // June 21, 2009 at 9:00 am | Reply

    I’ve seen this one so many times, I don’t know who to attribute it to: (It’s a good one.)

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