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I was slow to catch on to the whole "Twitter" trend, feeling like it was going to be one more way for me to avoid getting any work done. (Hello - I have Bloglines for that, thanks!). But as each person is limited to only 140 words, it's not very intrusive and very highly entertaining. The best-of-the-best have elevated it to a whole new artform...a one-liner for the 21st century.

Sometimes I use Twitter as a way to share an observation, sometimes just as a "what I am doing" update, and often as a way to share a cute thing my kids said. I don't come up with too many great one-liners, but hey - maybe I'll improve! You can install programs that automatically post a daily digest of your "tweets" to your blog, but I think that would overwhelm my blog pretty fast. So, I'm starting a new category: "Twitter Tuesdays". Each Tuesday (more or less) I'll post my favorite tweets of the week, and maybe even point you to a Twitterer or two that I adore.

Want to follow me at Twitter? You can read my updates on my sidebar...on my Facebook page...or by going to my Twitter page.

Do you Twitter? Let me know what your username is in the comments so I can follow you!

Here are a few of my favorite tweets:

Status Updates

• the Adobe Illustrator pen tool is trying to kill me.


• I finished the year-long slog of 15 credits! How do I celebrate? Move the furniture and vacuum underneath it.


• Dang it! I'm not done after all...I have to write a 2 page paper and make a file. Sigh.


• [from 2 weeks ago..clearly!] Sun today at last! Made emergency after-school stop for popsicles. 4 kids in grocery store = hell. 4 kids outside leaving me alone = heaven

The things kids say

• Peter singing his accidental Sesame Street / Sunday School Mash-Up: "C is for Cookie and it's got Good News!"


• Peter: I want a snack. Me: No, it's bedtime. Peter: Well, you give me a snack before bed *sometimes*, and now it IS SOMETIMES!


• Peter: Hey-don't hurt Rob! Henry: Rob? Who's Rob? P: one of my feets! H: huh? P: yeah, this one

Random Tweets

• Wondering if "working really hard to get things done before the fatigue sets in" is as stupid as "writing fast before I run out of ink"


• They should make Wii:Childcare. Oh, wait...all the titles are that.... They really should make Wii:Refereeing Between Siblings.


• Note to the lady next to me @ Tully's: When you've gone on and on bitching about a co-worker and your tablemate is silent? Time to STOP!


• the 3 boys in my house need some SMART goals about improving the pee-in-the-toilet-to-elsewhere ratio