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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

I Tweet; Therefore I Am (a Twit)

From Paul Levine

Random Tweets:

Big-Foot Kindle: Not only will Kindle save books, but now the larger version will save newspapers. Read all about it in The New York Times.

Not So Fast: I'm betting people won't buy 'Net subscriptions until (1) newspapers eliminate their free websites; and (2) Kindle screens look like newspaper pages.

Here's What I Mean: Take a gander at Miami Magazine's digital edition that LOOKS like a magazine, right down to turning the pages and even reading the ads.

Stop The Presses? Not Yet: In related news, The Boston Globe is still printing.

Sports News: Kobe vs. LeBron. LeBron vs. Kobe. Okay, Lebron wins. They're both immortals. Let's get on with the playoffs.


Lakers Lose! The Lakers were deliciously terrible in their 100-92 HOME LOSS to the Rockets last night. Only 2-18 from 3-point land. In related news, Kobe Bryant denies he's dating OctoMom.

Also in Sports News
: I've tried. God help me, I've tried. But I just can't watch hockey.

Second Thoughts on Hockey: Okay, I'd watch hockey if they could increase the scoring...say by eliminating the goalie.

More on Scoring: I know baseball purists like 1-0 games. Not me. Give me a 12-11 slugfest with a walk-off grand slam. (Exception: The 1963 game between the Braves and Giants where both Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn went the distance in a 16-inning 1-0 game that ended with a Willie Mays home run. Imagine two pitchers doing that today.)

The Recession Is Starting to Piss Me Off: Budget constraints have forced M.I.T. to eliminate its alpine skiing team.

Lighten Up, Veronica! Veronica Lario plans to divorce her 72-year-old hubby Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister of Italy for, inter alia, hitting on a 18-year-old girl at her birthday party.

Travel Plans: Next week, I'll be in Tobago, treating my lumbago, to say nothing of my vertigo. Hence, Ms. Smiley's Monday post shall appear atop the page until Wednesday.


Paul

8 Comments:

Anonymous patty said...

I'm up through Wednesday? OMIGOD!!!! The pressure.

Kindle: Bought one. Like it. Saving trees. The wave of the future.

Tabago? Lumbago? What gives?

7:53 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

great newsflash, paul, but you forgot the weather report.

tobago, lumbago - sounds like a line our of a beach boys song.

sybille

oh, and nice idea to give pattys blog a plug on facebook. i hope she gets some good feedback on it.

10:00 AM  
Blogger Jacqueline said...

And Paul, I feel the same way about hockey, but I guess you are talking about ice hockey. I used to play field hockey at school and truly hated it. Nothing worse than getting one of those sticks whacked around the shins on a freezing cold morning - my family couldn't afford shin pads, so I had to go without. I still have dents in my bones from that rotten game.

1:30 PM  
Blogger Jacqueline said...

Hmmm, for some reason, the top half of my comment didn't appear in the column - hmmm ....

Just to let you know that I don't usually begin comments with "And" - sorry about that/

1:32 PM  
Anonymous James O. Born said...

Still loves books and I'm a tech geek.

Jim

3:30 PM  
Anonymous patty said...

Sybille, I hope Amtrak is on Paulie's Facebook wall. Maybe they'll take pity and upgrade us to a bedroom for the price of coach????!!!!!

4:20 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i'll keep my fingers crossed for you, patty. if anyone can spread the word, then paul can.
bring back lots of pictures from your trip!
s.

10:26 PM  
Blogger H said...

Love books, the web and Kindle Application for the iPhone. I don't want another device, but I always want another book.

6:38 AM  

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