Tag: Twitter
RT Saturday
In that great Saturday tradition, here are some of my tweets from the last week, slightly used.
I’m patiently awaiting a hip hop sampling of C.W. McCall’s Convoy. Convooooy.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) January 13, 2011
Regardless of your position on irregardless, we continue to inhabit the habitat full of inflammable flammables.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) January 9, 2011
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back With A Strongly Worded Letter #LessAmbitiousFilms
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) January 5, 2011
The two cops, despite their differences, become friends. #nonspecificspoilers @live_for_films
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) January 11, 2011
Some Returns
Hey, remember when I said I was going into a more weekend-style blogging mode? I wasn’t kidding.
Here’s a brief recycling overview of some of my recent tweets.
Hey, you know what recently “went viral”? That ham I left too long in the office fridge.
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) December 16, 2010
Spent a good ten seconds pondering “The Cremation of Sam Gamgee”. “There are strange things done under the eye of Sauron.” #NotGonnaHappen
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) December 14, 2010
Why do people laugh at the archaic nature of “talkie” in relation to film, but then go on to use “movie” freely?
— JRD Skinner (@JRDSkinner) December 14, 2010
Re: My Face
In case you don’t subscribe to my twitter feed, here’s the update:
There’s a gnome with a rusty dagger trying to pry my molar from my gums.
Another thing I don't have the time to do:
Using the twitter search to locate people deploying commonly misused grammar, then haranguing them for it.*
(I’m looking at you, “infront”)
*Also, intuition tells me I’m not one to tweet.
Twitter Fail
I know no one cares about Twitter, but:
I understand the personal grammar failure, sometimes your fingers move faster than your brain, but to be the top trending topic means thousands of people are tweeting badly. Somewhere, Mignon Fogarty is crying.