Onion Slices

The more I look over the things I’ve written in the past year or so, the more I notice that I’ve got Twitter-itis. This is the affliction that comes from attempting to fit everything I want to say into 140 characters, and while I am successful most of the time I try it, it’s not really good for well-reasoned and thought out responses and replies.

In our culture of quips and quotes, we all strive to have a blurb that will be re-Tweeted, re-posted, talked about, read and passed around. We all want to be noticed, and remembered and followed. It’s a natural part of being human, and certainly part of American culture.

I was struck with how well a comment I wrote expressed my views when I responded to a friend’s Facebook status. I was overjoyed because it had flown naturally from my fingers. Instead of wrestling with word choice to pick which words to leave out for the reader to insert with context clues, I managed to hit the right combination. Short, sweet and un-ambiguous.

Sadly, it might have just been a fluke. I won’t know until I post more. Back to the keyboard!!!