This was not the post I planned at all, but I have a mid-morning interview, and this one requires some advance preparation. So my time for reading and writing just became secondary to job prep, and Plan B goes into effect. Fortunately, I actually had a Plan B (sort of). I'm frequently vocal about the cesspool aspect of Twitter, but today is a day for focusing on the good parts: the parts that educate, entertain, and enlighten. Since once again I'll be absent for part of the day, play nice and add your own favorite tweets.
GothamGirlBlue livetweeted the entire Ken Burns' Civil War documentary; these tweets particularly stood out for me.
A dear friend from college and one of the most brilliant people I've ever known; if you can take 20 minutes to listen to the podcast, you even get personal insight into George Soros (and no, I haven't gotten my check yet either). But mostly you get hope.
Do we call this 45*s greatest hits or greatest idiocies? (And if you scroll down far enough, the thread is unrolled for easier reading.)
Random twitter fact, followed by informative comments. How great is this?
#AHA20 may end up being the most expensive hashtag I've ever tracked.
Last, but not least...laughter. (Last video is probably NSFW.)