Willie Nelson arrested – why is pot illegal? Comments invited.

Nov 27

Image via Wikipedia Oddly enough I was watching “Beer Fest” (I have no idea why) out of the corner of my eye while watching the Auburn v. Alabama game. At the end there was Willie Nelson in  a cameo about a “pot smoking contest.” Sometime today Willie was arrested for possessing six ounces of weed at a Border Patrol check point in...

Read More

Baggage handler badge on Foursquare

Nov 24

Have you seen it? Now you have! I was surprised when I checked in at Hartsfield International Airport (still in protest of them adding the Jackson to it so I omit it by design) and thanked the TSA for taking the time to “grope my package”. Although I was not personally assaulted I thought it would be a smart-ass thing to say. Then I got a...

Read More

Whom do I follow and why?

Nov 23

Image by Intersection Consulting via Flickr If I were as arrogant as some of the people I do not follow, but may relegate to some obsequious list, I would instead say, “Who you should follow and why”. But I don’t follow those people because they are arrogant. Then again… Here’s the drill from my point of view: You can do whatever...

Read More

Less than not less then – Twitter grammar 099

Nov 21

Image via Wikipedia Far be it from me to be perfect in the English language. My sister, the Ed. D., takes care of that for the family. When she was in under-graduate school she would literally grade the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Damn yankee she is! Perhaps we share a gene. Perhaps I’m just a freak about a few things. Like the use of the words than...

Read More

Service or Twitter pollution? @formulists

Nov 20

Image via Wikipedia Admittedly there is far more noise than signal on Twitter unless you stay inside your lists – which I often do. Lists have, for the most part, been sort of a rescue for users of the Twitter website. We who use tools like Tweetgrid, Seesmic, Hootsuite, or another third party solution to engage on Twitter likely did not notice when a...

Read More