Those few who read with any regularity already know that I have kind of an up and down opinion of Twit/Face, which usually corresponds to how much time I have on my hands.

Around the holidays, for example, there is more free time so, what the heck, I can keep TweetDeck going in the background and let it suck away a little time here and there. These days though, not a lot of spare time, and it seems like every time I do steal a glance at TweetDeck or Twhirl I come away with an overwhelming, “Oh jeez, there’s two minutes I’d really like to have back.”

Case in point, a #tcot tweet this morning:

“BHO legacy: single-handedly bringing socialism home to the US.”

Wow, talk about value-added … not that I disagree, but cripes! How many hundred million times has that thought been tweeted since January?

Also, I’m becoming increasingly nauseated with all the “cute” little words starting with “tw” that have evolved around this medium. Makes me want to invent the “Twap!” When a follow comes on with a “Good morning, Tweeps!” you can invoke the Twap! which will trigger a device that springs from behind their monitor and slaps them silly. Btw, this “Good morning Tweeps!” is the perfect storm of annoyance: cute “tw” word + the assumption that this is a virtual Cheers, you are @Norm and we are all just sitting around waiting for you to show up … oh, hey! @SoandSo235 is here, yay! + just the general cheeriness early in the morning.

And don’t even get me started on all the re-tweets and “check out this post” posts. Thanks anyway, but I’m on the same Twitter you are and I have a feed aggregator. Plus, I’m not sure I’m interested in what interests you since you seem unable to provide any original thoughts of your own. I’d rather communicate with someone who disagrees with integrity than someone who agrees but hasn’t the foggiest idea why.

At his blog, Donald Trump has a series of “Why I selected __ for Celebrity Apprentice” posts going (apprentice category link). Obviously this is timed to generate interest leading up to the season premier this coming Sunday night. However he has only done 4 so far, so he is either not going to profile everyone or the posts will continue after the show starts which would be kind of strange … profiling someone who has already been kicked off and all.

Man, the Sniper rocks!

I was out sick yesterday so this is pretty much my “Monday.” Thanks to the Sniper, I kicked the week off with a couple of awesome videos. Enjoy.

Great idea fo a new video game, but watch where you’re pointing that thing.

Fox’s Patti Anne Browne (oh yeah, also, I think I’m in love).

The View from on High

Originally uploaded by brianjb

Downtown Louisville, from the training building.

Brian Besaw
(from mobile phone)

Go ahead A-Rod, just say it … say it!

I apologize for doing something that none of my current critics seemed to mind at the time! Oh, and also something that wasn’t against the rules of baseball at the time.

Sleazy, two-faced hypocrites want to have their cake and eat it too. They don’t mind the revenue but at the same time would like to imagine that they can maintain the image of innocence and moral superiority.

Fortunately fans are just as two-faced. They’re piling on in the message boards right now, but come summer they’ll be buying the jerseys and spending an entire paycheck to take their families to a game.

Let’s just all stop. This story is not outrageous and certainly not worthy of an entire week on the front page. This is standard operating procedure in Major League Baseball.

Not a lot of juicy bizdom in last Thursday’s The Office. Fortunately I’ve been viewing through the original UK version of the show. Man, good stuff. I think the two are equal once you get used to the culture differences.

Yes, I’ve had office romances … loads … not here, another place I worked at. Good looking ones as well. But they’re not a good idea. Office romance is like sh*ing on your own doorstep.

I’ve had loads of offers here, but I go, “No way, distracting.”

And that’s actually one of the major arguments against letting gay men into the army. And no, I haven’t got a problem with that, you know, a gay man is not going to put me off. I can handle myself. But, if we’re in battle is he going to be looking at the enemy or is he going to be looking at me going, “Ooo,” you know, “He looks tasty in his uniform.”

And I’m not homophobic, all right. Come around, look at my CD collection. You’ll find Queen, George Michael, Pet Shop Boys, … They’re all bummers.

Friday Dennis Miller had Dana Carvey and Frank Caliendo on for the first hour of his radio show. Talk about pure comedy gold! It has been a long time since I’ve laughed that hard. Plenty of Madden and Barkley from Caliendo and GHWB and Carson from Carvey. But the capper was the GHWB (Carvey) and GWB (Caliendo) father and son bit at the end of the hour.

That’s the great thing about Dennis. As an alum he does a great job of tapping the SNL talent pool.

Fortunately Dennis puts parts of his show out as podcasts and this whole hour (actually a little over a half hour with the commercials removed) is available. Dennis’ Carvey and Caliendo Podcast.

The commenting function has been repaired – neither a login, nor a previously approved comment is required to comment. Also, akismet has been doing a bangup job of filtering out comment spam so I’m having a go at leaving moderation off.

By now there are a lot of these videos floating around. IMO this is a good summary by House Minority Leader John Boehner on why the Republicans are voting “No.” To subscribe: Boehner’s YouTube Channel.

I maintain that the GOP has the better ideas. We find ourselves in our current predicament then, for two main reasons: failure to adequately communicate our superior ideas, and failure to act on them over the last eight years. IMHO, communication is critical, which is why it was so refreshing to turn on the radio this morning and hear Michael Steele continuing on in one of his gigs, as frequent guest-host on Bill Bennett’s Morning in America. I am thankful that we have an effective communicator at the helm.