Twitter Tales: 03-26-09

I’m still not 100% sold on all of Twitter’s positives and benefits.  I hear the arguments, but I still don’t see the massive appeal.

Having said that, I still find myself addicted to Twitter.  Heh.

But for me, the thing that keeps me coming back over and over isn’t the possibility that I could end up with 18,000+ followers and then sell that list to others for money (or whatever the heck it is that they do).  No, the thing that brings me back multiple times every single day is clicking on links and reading and/or seeing things I’d otherwise never get a chance to read and/or see.

So once again, it’s time to check out my weekly Twitter Tales:

• 

  "The Boy"

  You want incredible?  THIS IS INCREDIBLE.  I clicked on the link this morning and couldn’t believe what I saw.  MommyPie‘s boyfriend…The Boy…had set-up an internet marriage proposal.  VIA BLOG!  And what’s really cool about the whole thing was that the proposal was posted online a couple of days before MommyPie even saw it.  The blog had asked for readers to keep things a secret, and sure enough everybody did.  Read the comments…you can feel the build as the moment approaches.  It was just a REALLY cool thing to read.  Congratulations, MommyPie…you’ve just participated in one heck of a cool proposal.

• 

  iPhone

  I don’t have an iPhone yet.  I don’t even know if I want one.  But the applications that are coming out for it are pretty wild.  Ms. Single Mama posted a link to a new app that lets you hook-up with somebody in your own location.  It uses Facebook’s “Are You Interested?” app and makes it mobile…hence allowing you to find somebody you wanna meet in the same city.  Here’s the link.

• I had only seen photos of that underwater volcano in Tonga that erupted last week.  Thanks to a tweet from Ryan Seacrest, though, I got to see some incredible footage of that volcano’s eruption.  What I enjoyed the most was how you can hear people in the boat asking the captain to turn the boat around.  Just incredible footage…

• 

  T

  My friendly internet crush, T (swoon!), had a pretty rough weekend.  For those not paying attention, she and Soldier had a falling out of sorts.  You can tell that it’s been a painful experience for her because she does still care about him a great deal.  It’s a shame because T is a great woman and I think all of her readers were at least hoping for an amicable resolution to a complicated situation.  On top of that, her grandmother hasn’t been doing very well.  I’m hoping her upcoming weeks give her more happiness…she’s earned some joy.

• TJ tells the world on a daily basis who or what can “suck it”.  Trust me..it’s a daily addiction.  On this particular occassion, he was telling all the “haters” out there what they could do.  I’m with him 100%.  What is the point of getting up in the day if you’re going to spend so much energy thinking about how to hate on somebody or something that has absolutely NOTHING to do with you?  Of course…I won’t even begin to touch on the irony coming from a guy who tells the world to “suck it” every day.  Heh.
• Debasis Pradham is back on Twitter (they realized he wasn’t a bot, afterall) and one of his first posts was an incredible photo.  Really…a thumbnail won’t do it justice (click on it to see it full screen…you won’t be disappointed):

On top of the world...

• As I’ve mentioned before in the blog, I’m becoming more and more of a fan of photography.  XShot posted a link that provided tips on how to show randomness in your photographs.  Great ideas, I think.

• 

  mommy2jl

  Single Mom In The City has been having a conundrum recently.  She has the opportunity to have a pretty great job, but she’d have to move away from her boyfriend.  He has told her that he’s move with her, but he’d rather they both stay in Ottawa.  She’s even more conflicted now because she doesn’t want to see him make a choice that he doesn’t want to make, so she’s conflicted on going with a man or a career.  Yikes…that’s a tough choice to make.

• Readers know I love a great live musical performance.  Every once in awhile, a tweet will come along with a YouTube link that has one.  Thanks to JunctionMama, I’ve got one to forward along to you…

• 

  The Maruti 800

  Thanks to Alex Bunardzic, I recently found a link to what is now known as the cheapest car in the world.  It seems that Indian car company Tata Motors is selling a car for about $2,000 each.  Seriously.  What if that car was here…would spending that little be worth it on something that obviously isn’t as safe and/or reliable as other makes and models?  In this economic time, it would certainly be an intriguing choice to make.

• 

  Is it wrong to feel envious?

  Ummm…if you’re ever wanting to pull a prank on your parents (or even a friend or a neighbour or an in-law that you don’t like that much), I suppose you could do worse than painting a giant penis on the roof of their house.  SingleParentDad brought this story to my attention.  Seriously, though…If this is the worst ‘acting out’ that the kid will ever do, then the parents should just smile at their 15 seconds and get the cleaning supplies ready for him.

• I spend too much time on Facebook.  Well, at least I used to.  The new Facebook layout and design has left me less than enthused.  I saw a big uproar by my friends over the changes, and thanks to ScreenRant I know that even Facebook employees hate the redesign.  Huh.
• Oh…did I happen to mention that Ms. Single Mama is trying to win a Ford Fiesta?

• 

  Janine Lindemulder

  I don’t know why this made me a little sad, but it does.  Adult film star Janine Lindemulder recently went to jail for six months due to failing to pay back taxes.  This makes me sad for a couple of reasons.  First, she has been my “porn star of choice” over the past 15+ years.  C’mon kids…I’m a guy, I watch porn when I’m not dating somebody (and sometimes when I am).   Janine has always been my favorite.  So I don’t want to see her go to jail for something that seems so bloody preventable.  She was married to current Apprentice celeb Jesse James (who is currently married to actress Sandra Bullock) and they have  child together.  So yeah…that makes her a single mom, which is another reason why this story saddens me.  She gets out in a couple of months…so hopefully her fears of losing custody of her child don’t come true.  But when prison is involved, it’s hard to convince a judge about what living arrangement is best for the child.

• SingleMomSeeking has met somebody!  She’s nervous about jinxing it by writing about the situation in her blog, but she was also recently waxing poetic about how maybe the blog was the reason why she was still single.  Fingers crossed…good things will happen for her in this case.
• 

  Demi Moore in a bikini while ironing a shirt.

  I originally thought that Ashton Kutcher posting a little pic of his wife’s butt wouldn’t be that big of a deal.  Demi Moore was just in a bikini and was bending over to iron one of Ashton’s shirts.  Well…apparently it was a VERY big deal and has pretty much been pasted all over the internet (Why stop here?  Hence…it’s to the right).  On top of all that, Ashton wanted to give Demi a “Twitter surprise” and get all of his followers to send her “love messages” all at the same time.  My understanding is that the subsequent tweeting frenzy temporarily knocked Twitter offline.  The power of the medium, I guess.

• And finally, in what has become an internet sensation, this is my video of the week.  I originally found out about the rapping airline attendant from Keri (thanks!!).  Wait…you’re unfamiliar with the rapping airline attendant??  You should probably click on this link first as it’s CNN’s report on the guy.  Once done, then enjoy the video below as it’s a copy of the original in its entirety.  Truly magnificent viral goodness.