Those are stunning! I've been building my own cameras for a couple of years, but never anything as beautiful as those. Mine tend to be made of cardboard and tape.
Apparently the largest aquarium in the world is the Georgia Aquarium, in Atlanta. I went there a few years ago; HIGHLY recommended, and worth every penny of the $30 ticket price.
Facebook is somewhat useful; I like to be able to go to Facebook and get a quick impression of what a bunch of my friends are up to, see if they've got interesting links to share, etc.
But Twitter strikes me as obsessive microblogging. I tried it for a while, but got bored, so I started tweeting in haiku, but frankly, no one cares that I nicked my chin shaving this morning.
I think The Onion pretty well nailed it with this: http://www.theonion.com/content/statshot/what_are_we_twittering
Well, they're not asking who was the greatest singer of the past century (none of these guys would make that list), but rather who was the biggest musical icon. Sinatra and Michael Jackson were big, but in terms of popularity and widepsread appeal, I don't think either of them could seriously hold a candle to Elvis.
She's not stupid; she's corrupt. I don't believe for a moment that she actually thought there were "Crunchberries" in the cereal. She just wanted to make a buck.
But Twitter strikes me as obsessive microblogging. I tried it for a while, but got bored, so I started tweeting in haiku, but frankly, no one cares that I nicked my chin shaving this morning.
I think The Onion pretty well nailed it with this: http://www.theonion.com/content/statshot/what_are_we_twittering
Except where it says "Platypuses" four paragraphs above that...
Then again, I live in Memphis, so I'm biased.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118785/
In which the main character is a lazy mailman who's throwing people's junk mail into a hole in a railroad tunnel.
There. I said it.