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I prefer to leave comments rather than write lately. Mainly because I can do it in under 140 characters....
Another one lost to the literary equivalent of McDonalds.
In other words: When one writes not entirely for the sincere expression of the subject, but also for the purpose of creating a more psychologically-captivating image than mere appearance could create, the self-deception that it's only the former, and not at all the latter, withers away.
If she didn't take her clothes off, reading about Bob Evan's would be as palatable to the average person as reading a random undergrad's creative writing assignments. Amusing, likely - but altogether, undeniably irrelevant and avoidable. Not quite the case when the reader falls for the never explicit, always insinuated, suggestion that by reading and "understanding," he is increasing his chances with the author.
I'm not so sure look at humorists like Lewis Grizzard ( a personal fav of mine) and P J O'Roarke and Dave Barry even Jenny McCarthy
They write about mundane things that happen in daily life largely, but they have the ability to use words to make it funny and interesting and usually poignant, with the exception of McCarthy they always kept their clothing on...Thank God
Mike--
Apparently, you don't really "get" Twitter and neither does Ms. Kross.
Yeah, it may have started out as an ego-boosting, self-importance driven, social media site where users post the oh-so fascinating stuff they're currently doing in 140 words or less. You know, stuff like, "Just dropped a sewer bass and realized I'm outa toilet paper." (Thought you'd like a fish-related example, Mikey.) But for many, Twitter has become a business media tool, an information media tool, a learning media tool, and more.
I mostly follow photographers and photography related Twitterers. I also follow Twitter users like Smithsonian and others that might provide great links to stuff I'm personally interested in seeing. What most of the Twits I follow (or those who follow me) often do is post links to sites and articles and so much more that I'm very interested in having a look at. It's also been a great business networking tool. I'm in contact with people all over the world who have like interests as me (mostly photography) and, believe it or not, I've scored a couple of shooting gigs--commercial shooting gigs--as a result of my Twitter experience. Something, I might add, that never happened via my MySpace page... which I deleted a few months back. (MS is truly a waste of time and cyberspace... unless you're looking to get laid, I guess.) Twitter, i.e., my twittering, has also increased the traffic to my blog, quite significantly!
So, before you go off all faux-smart hillbilly on everyone--sometime I think you're to hillbillies what Sasha Grey tries to be to porn stars--maybe you should take a closer look at this currently popular thing called Twitter.
Hate to say it Mike but JimmyD is on to something here.
I explain it to you on Friday.
Oh of course I get it but for every JimmyD who uses twitter for business theres 1000 people who use it to spam herbal viagra or whatever and 10,000 people who use it to say "Look at me Im an attention whore" without even having to put any effort into it.
how many writing gigs do you suppose Ms Kross (whom I adore like family) has gotten from her twits?
and therein lies my point.
Blasting Twitter for the spam or innocuous, self-important, drivel many of its users Tweet is like shooting the messenger. I'm just saying.
OK you have a point it like blaming guns for the way criminals use them....sort of.
But what has happened to Kayden is a crime
Im just sayin....
Jimmy D is a compendium of Machiavellian callidity as a bi-product of human nature. Please never change!
db
@DirtyBob,
Thanks! I think.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had contacted the social networking service Twitter to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that would have cut daytime service to Iranians
f*ckin ay. twitter has some value after all.