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Gloom gloom gloom
Apr. 25th, 2009 06:41 pmI could get into a real thunderstorm, but this dark sky drip drip drip is getting real old.
Brought the horses in because they were all soggy and looking miserable, though I have to say they were suddenly more interested in food than in getting dried off. Would be nice if more of the garden seeds were already in, but a week ago it was still freezing at night.
Gary spotted a red headed woodpecker in the yard today, and we both saw the first rose breasted grosbeak. First season male, I think, as his pink breast was pale and spotty, and he looked a bit confused as to what he was doing out there in the drippy weather.
A week or so ago, someone recommended me to "mr. tweet" which is some sort of twitter advisory thing. I have to admit, though, that I've never quite figured out the point of twitter or its huge popularity. I've been on it for 18 months and would rate the traffic I see there (other than direct conversation) as little more than spam. People circulating youtube links don't excite me. Neither does political commentary in 140 characters or less. In my opinion, reducing the world to sound bites is what has put us in the terrible economic and political situations we now face.
Then there's the genuine spam aspect of it. "Users" that are obviously spambots, that go around adding hundreds and hundreds of accounts in the hope of being added back so they can flood them with ads for phony pharmaceuticals or get rich quick schemes.
*distant thunder* Maybe time to pull the plug on this thing...
Brought the horses in because they were all soggy and looking miserable, though I have to say they were suddenly more interested in food than in getting dried off. Would be nice if more of the garden seeds were already in, but a week ago it was still freezing at night.
Gary spotted a red headed woodpecker in the yard today, and we both saw the first rose breasted grosbeak. First season male, I think, as his pink breast was pale and spotty, and he looked a bit confused as to what he was doing out there in the drippy weather.
A week or so ago, someone recommended me to "mr. tweet" which is some sort of twitter advisory thing. I have to admit, though, that I've never quite figured out the point of twitter or its huge popularity. I've been on it for 18 months and would rate the traffic I see there (other than direct conversation) as little more than spam. People circulating youtube links don't excite me. Neither does political commentary in 140 characters or less. In my opinion, reducing the world to sound bites is what has put us in the terrible economic and political situations we now face.
Then there's the genuine spam aspect of it. "Users" that are obviously spambots, that go around adding hundreds and hundreds of accounts in the hope of being added back so they can flood them with ads for phony pharmaceuticals or get rich quick schemes.
*distant thunder* Maybe time to pull the plug on this thing...
