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Yes, very disturbing indeed. Please God, this can't be Tweet of the Day...
More later,
Mark
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
More Humiliating For Me or Her?
Because some cool Tweeps – @dskolnick and @DazzlingRayn – were encouraging me to dance last night, I created this:
Yes, very disturbing indeed. Please God, this can't be Tweet of the Day...
More later,
Mark
Yes, very disturbing indeed. Please God, this can't be Tweet of the Day...
More later,
Mark
Happy Birthday, Kaleb!
ONE COOL DUDE!
Our great – and awesome – nephew Kaleb just turned 2!
While Mary and I couldn't join the big bash back in Illinois in person, we were there in spirit. His mom, also awesome niece Angela, sent this picture of Kaleb riding the cycle we sent him at Christmas.
Hmmmmm... Born to be wild!?!
We know he had a great birthday and we can't wait to see him this fall when the family gathers for brother Eric and soon-to-be-sister-in-law Jen's wedding!
More later,
Mark
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Keith Awards Me "Tweet of the Day!"
Just when you thought it was safe to navigate both the Internet AND your cable channels, Mark's World collides with Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" on MSNBC.
I will relate more of the story later, but for now, here's what television history looked like on Thursday evening:
UPDATE:
The esteemed Mr. Olbermann and I actually first traded tweets a week ago. He had asked the Twitterverse if anyone knew of any James Thurber-related baseball stories for his "Friday Night Thurber" segment.
Most people know I am a true-blue Thurberian (it was just about a year ago when I journeyed to the Thurber House in Columbus to receive the Thurber Treat honor) and I immediately thought of the story "You Could Look It Up." In that one, originally published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1941, James tells of a midget baseball player. In my memory, that story had influenced White Sox owner Bill Veeck to send a small person out to pinch hit in 1951.
Keith set me straight, tweeting back at me: "Sadly, no. A very small comedian named Jerry Sullivan played a few games as a stunt in the minors circa 1904. Thurber said THAT was his inspiration. Bill Veeck said the Sullivan story was HIS inspiration, too."
Now, I should have known better than to tamper in Keith's domain: He is a renowned baseball expert. Who better to set me straight? Anyway, it was great to learn that while Keith might be relatively new to Twitter, he actually spends the time to read what people send his way and even respond.
Now, I have made a habit out of snarking at Sarah Palin via Twitter. I think she is a shrill, disingenuous, obnoxious opportunist. That's as nice as I can make it.
But I don't go looking for trouble. :) At work I use TweetDeck as one of the tools to keep abreast of the news and various people like the ex-governor.
When E-online served up this softball – "Did Sarah Palin Get New Boobs?" – I figured I would be one of many who would knock it out of the ballpark with a response like "No, I am pretty sure she still has the same followers."
I noticed it got a few retweets, one of them being, ironicially, Johnny DiLoretto, the Columbus TV personality who handed me the Thurber Treat honor last June. So, I figured i would send it along to Keith for his consideration and, really, forgot about it.
Flash forward to about 8:30 p.m. We had "Countdown" on per usual and Mary was getting dinner together. When Keith introduced "Tweet of the Day," it quickly became clear it was about the Palin tweet from E-online. Even then it did not register that my Tweet was going to be featured. When my little pic and the punchline filled the screen, I said "Oh. My. God!" and Mary almost dropped the salads as she rushed back into the room to catch a glimpse of the screen. I think she got there in time for. "Well played, sobeditor."
So, that's the backstory, such as it is. We've enjoyed Keith since his ESPN days and his original news shows. The addition of Thurber on Countdown is, to coin a phrase, a treat. To be included in a small segment Thursday was awesome and I will be insufferable for a couple more days. Many have commented that he should have caught on to the "S.O.B.-editor" nature of my Twitter ID, but, as I said on Facebook, I guess you have to KNOW me to get the S.O.B.-part right... Still, reveling in the moment was a great way to spend the evening.
Now, the pressure is on. I picked up a few more Twitter followers who probably expect me to be funny and left-leaning all of the time. By my 300th Chicago Bears post, they will likely move on. But they all seem to have very interesting views and I enjoyed trading a bit with a couple of them, especially @pinkearmuffs and @Bubbe5000. I pledge to continue to take on The Alaskan Quitter Twitterer. Someone has to...
More later,
Mark
I will relate more of the story later, but for now, here's what television history looked like on Thursday evening:
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UPDATE:
The esteemed Mr. Olbermann and I actually first traded tweets a week ago. He had asked the Twitterverse if anyone knew of any James Thurber-related baseball stories for his "Friday Night Thurber" segment.
Most people know I am a true-blue Thurberian (it was just about a year ago when I journeyed to the Thurber House in Columbus to receive the Thurber Treat honor) and I immediately thought of the story "You Could Look It Up." In that one, originally published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1941, James tells of a midget baseball player. In my memory, that story had influenced White Sox owner Bill Veeck to send a small person out to pinch hit in 1951.
Keith set me straight, tweeting back at me: "Sadly, no. A very small comedian named Jerry Sullivan played a few games as a stunt in the minors circa 1904. Thurber said THAT was his inspiration. Bill Veeck said the Sullivan story was HIS inspiration, too."
Now, I should have known better than to tamper in Keith's domain: He is a renowned baseball expert. Who better to set me straight? Anyway, it was great to learn that while Keith might be relatively new to Twitter, he actually spends the time to read what people send his way and even respond.
Now, I have made a habit out of snarking at Sarah Palin via Twitter. I think she is a shrill, disingenuous, obnoxious opportunist. That's as nice as I can make it.
But I don't go looking for trouble. :) At work I use TweetDeck as one of the tools to keep abreast of the news and various people like the ex-governor.
When E-online served up this softball – "Did Sarah Palin Get New Boobs?" – I figured I would be one of many who would knock it out of the ballpark with a response like "No, I am pretty sure she still has the same followers."
I noticed it got a few retweets, one of them being, ironicially, Johnny DiLoretto, the Columbus TV personality who handed me the Thurber Treat honor last June. So, I figured i would send it along to Keith for his consideration and, really, forgot about it.
Flash forward to about 8:30 p.m. We had "Countdown" on per usual and Mary was getting dinner together. When Keith introduced "Tweet of the Day," it quickly became clear it was about the Palin tweet from E-online. Even then it did not register that my Tweet was going to be featured. When my little pic and the punchline filled the screen, I said "Oh. My. God!" and Mary almost dropped the salads as she rushed back into the room to catch a glimpse of the screen. I think she got there in time for. "Well played, sobeditor."
So, that's the backstory, such as it is. We've enjoyed Keith since his ESPN days and his original news shows. The addition of Thurber on Countdown is, to coin a phrase, a treat. To be included in a small segment Thursday was awesome and I will be insufferable for a couple more days. Many have commented that he should have caught on to the "S.O.B.-editor" nature of my Twitter ID, but, as I said on Facebook, I guess you have to KNOW me to get the S.O.B.-part right... Still, reveling in the moment was a great way to spend the evening.
Now, the pressure is on. I picked up a few more Twitter followers who probably expect me to be funny and left-leaning all of the time. By my 300th Chicago Bears post, they will likely move on. But they all seem to have very interesting views and I enjoyed trading a bit with a couple of them, especially @pinkearmuffs and @Bubbe5000. I pledge to continue to take on The Alaskan Quitter Twitterer. Someone has to...
More later,
Mark
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