Each Tweet A 140-Character Waterfall

Trending:  sleep, amoxicillin, Brazil, slugs, spiders, animal rescue, pizza, goat cheese, string cheese, zombies.

Following:  every slow driver at 8:32 am, the Real Housewives of Anywhere, domestic and international headlines – nope, the gist of what you’re saying – probably not.

Followers:  the Nespresso Customer Satisfaction guy, 1-800-Contacts, my dentist.

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Who stole my Let’s Be Frank Frequent Frank Hotdog Card?

I found it.  Everyone on Twitter be calm.

A double ear-infection is not Chinese for double happiness.

Come Mr. Tallyman, tally me some shut-eye!  6-hr, 7-hr, 8-hr BUNCH!  Daylight come and me want to say in bed.

Did the instagram of the slug come through?  You, @BarackObama, can you click on it and let me know?

And I say this as a word of warning: do not rub a slug’s belly.  And do not wipe mom’s windows with the slug’s belly. #slugboogers #turpentine

Did my last tweet go through?  You, @azizansari, you follow me right?  Check my tweet would you?  Wait – are you the same @azizansari that’s on that televi

Did that go through?  Is this posting?  Can anyone see my words?  @TamingInsanity, stop what you’re doing and fix the Twitter.

Tell me honestly, people, why won’t you play Karaoke Hot Potato with me?  ”Lady In Red.”  BOOM!  Your turn.

Anything by Aretha Franklin.  GO!  #KaraokeHotPotato

“It’s Just Another Manic Monday.”  SHAZAM.  #KaraokeHotPotato

Mimi just ate the last green frosted cookie.  I say “That’s okay, Mimi,” but I’m going through the bends because I’m a scuba diver in the sea of sugar withdrawal.

He says “I flew 15 hours in first class” like it’s a bad thing. #naps #reading #movies #nochildren

In Brazil, you say “agua de beber” and “corcovado” and “desafinado” but if the Girl From Ipanima lays her hands on you, I will rip your corazon from your cold dead body.

Mr. My Passport Is Fuller Than Yours returns!  Here’s the grocery list: green frosted cookies.

“I Believe In A Thing Called Love.”  KARATE CHOP!  @SamChampion – you’re in the eye of the #KaraokeHotPotato Hurricane, go!  #stillno?

It’s 2:00 am.  Are you out there, Twitter?  It’s me.  Mom of La Mancha.  And La Mancha is a pig sty.

#FF @PepperidgeFarm @usweekly @StefanosPizza @MimiGodsend @Green40withhighfructosecornsyrup @pbskids

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A Memo From General Mommy-Poopy-Head

To:  Those In Bodily Control Of Those Without Control Of Bodily Functions From:  General Mommy-Poopy-Head __________________________ I write to you - you on the front lines of the dirtiest war this side of the porcelain ring - to tell you there is hope!  To be strong and have a strong 2-ply.  To have the courage of a tiger ...

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Friend THIS, Zuckerberg.

Let us quickly move past the fact that I lied to you. (Harken back to that sweet little nugget of a post entitled "The Unsocial Network."  The post where I declare myself under a rock?  Neither a smart phone or a Facebook page to my name?) It could be that the radiation ...

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Miscellaneous

To Do List: 1)  Transfer VHS Tapes to DVD: SENIOR SAN ANTONIO SPURS DANCE COMPETITION! HEART OF TEXAS DANCE CLASSIC! "The Nutcracker" VIVA LA FRANCE (FRENCH TRIP APRIL 1992) The Class of '92 Dhahran School (Stream of consciousness: white fringe, black lycra, nothing says San Antonio Spurs like Walk Like An Egyptian, no bangs why me god I was not made to ...

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Advice To A Humorist On Getting Published In Prestigious Places

1.  Be a man.  From Brooklyn.  Wiry.  Wry.  Single.  Bespectacled. 2.  The fedora or the skinny jeans?  BOTH. 3.  Now that you're a man, your ovaries are like dangling participles.  Your pen just wants to modify the funny but it has no clear antecedent, dammit, only hormones and emotions.  Tuck the dangling ovaries into your skinny jeans. ...

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A Tale Of Two Cruise Ships

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. But mainly it was the buffet of times. I distinctly remember the Hiaasen-like feel of our Florida departure: the heat, the drama of boarding, the potential for unsavory characters, the mysterious Welcome Spritzer and Snack. And there was our little family, as determined by our coifs: ...

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Toddler Estate Planning

As he was gushing blood on the Oriental carpet, it became blindingly clear to the child that his estate was not in order. So many trucks. So many blocks. So many firemen, stuffed animals, that broken wooden horse thing, three-quarters of a card set to Go Fish!, not to mention the rocks and sticks piled lovingly in the ...

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