You narcissistic bores. 140 characters or less (you’d think the limit would force creativity) and still the mundane prevails:

@lefsetz: Passing through Mohave
@oprah: Headed to Maya’s for dinner
@outlandosmusic: Star Trek here we come!

#YAWN.

But still, we keep at it… a challenge, a game of sorts: can one be consistently compelling in so few words?

Just in case any of us presumed self-indulgent thought pollution was limited to the young & hip… Nielsen’s recent poll has 49% of Twits 35+ equally bedazzled by the truncated screen and it’s willy-nilly, up-to-the-minute broadcast ennui. Fascinating. Wisdom still doesn’t necessarily come with age nor, apparently, with short, concise language (a.k.a. less vs. more).

Which is why (of all people) you’d think that we 35+-ers would know by now: it’s not the length that matters… it’s how you use it:

@lefsetz: If Yusuf Islam can rationalize making new secular albums and videos, can’t he call himself Cat Stevens again?
@oprah: no I’m not wearing a weave
@outlandosmusic: what would jesus tweet?

Move over Sudoku. Game on.

xo

PS
Apropos of almost nothing above… the daily dose lives (at last). Try it. You’ll like it.