"You really aren't that funny in person!"

That was my husband's reaction to the homeschool blog award nominations. Say what he wants, I've caught him sitting here laughing at the blog. I'm so lucky that he loves me in spite of myself. But he kinda has a point.

What he doesn't know is that inside my own head, it's like an artillery of one-liners. Except they are on extreme slow-delay.



Have you ever heard something, and you think of a dinger of a come-back... like, 45 minutes later?

That's my head. I can never think of anything remotely funny in the moment. But oh! An hour later, after I've processed everything... I am the one giggling to myself. My inner dialogue voice is hilarious. Completely ill-timed, but hilarious.

That's why I love twitter so much. All those silly things that would reveal my true geek-brain if I said them out loud an hour too late... I can zip out in perfect timing on twitter.

So, what's twitter? Oh, I'm so glad you asked!

Twitter is a form of "social media." Like micro-blogging. With super short incomplete sentences (like these). You only have 140 characters.

You must be succinct. So come check it. Find your favorite bloggers on there! Find your favorite celebrity on there. Even politicians tweet. It's the perfect dose for a busy mom who gets "free time" in 5-minute doses, but wants to check in on her friends.




Best of all? It's the perfect place for all those ill-timed one-liners that are too geeky even for this blog.